widgets that allow a single item to be selected or not. Usually shown by a square box, with a check mark in it if selected.
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Are round check boxes confusing or an accepted standard?
I was browsing dribbble.com today and came across a new post by one of the designers that I follow. He had posted a new modal form which was using rounded check boxes. I have never seen these before.
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Should the space between the checkbox and label be clickable?
Take, for example, these two scenarios. Both very similar HTML, but different semantically:
Scenario 1:
<label for="myCheckbox">
<input type="checkbox" id="myCheckbox" />
My ...
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Should checkbox labels be to the right or the left?
I've got some checkboxes with text values of varying lengths (from say 5 characters up to about 60) - which is the preferred layout? Value to the left and checkbox to the right, or vice versa?
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Is it a good/acceptable practice to combine checkboxes with radio buttons for one question?
I work on a form, in which there are questions allowing either multiple choices or selecting just one. An example:
Which of the sweeties do you like:
[ ] chocolate
[ ] lollipops
[ ] cookies
( ) ...
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Alternatives to checkboxes and radio buttons in web-based surveys?
I've been tasked with designing a simple questionnaire design with a lot of different types of questions. I've been taking a lot of web-based surveys myself as well as testing some with users. The ...
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Laying out checkboxes in forms
I have some pretty large forms mostly consisting of text fields and dropdowns. However, there are also checkboxes scattered here and there. I'm trying to figure out the best way to lay them out. ...
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Select All & Clear All vs. Invert
I met with situation when I have to use the long multiply check list. I have to add some usable buttons Select All, Clear All or Revert Invert. I know that the common practice is using "Select All" ...
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Appended and Prepended Checkbox: when can I use this?
A was taking a look at Twitter Bootstrap, and, looking at the Prepended and Appended checkboxes, just cant figure out where, why and when I can use it.
Can someone give me a good example?
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Should I use radio buttons or check boxes (or something else) for email address?
So I'm building an application where the users will be able to send some information via email.
The previous system had an interface something like this, where the users would select whether they ...
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How would you solve the column of check boxes problem?
So my question is a bit open ended. Basically, I am looking for possible solutions to the problem of lots of tabular data with check boxes. For example, if we look at Facebook's Account Notifications ...
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Multiple choice with Yes, No and 'No answer'
I am working on a Quiz Application for Multiple Choice question. Instead of normal Multiple Choice Questions with the two answers yes and no. I am working on one that allows a user to abstain to a ...
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Are tri-state checkboxes too complicated?
Normal checkboxes are easy, they have a checked state, and an unchecked state. But how do you go about indicating a third state for a tri-state checkbox? Is it too difficult for the user to discover ...
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What is the best practice for checking a series of checkboxes?
I have a large table (some 100 rows) for setting user permissions. Each set of permissions has a set of 4 possible items, which in many cases will all be checked but not by default. For efficiency we ...
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Should a special slider value be implemented with a checkbox or not?
Coming up with a title for this question was difficult, but hopefully my detailed explanation will explain exactly what I'm trying to figure out.
I am creating a dialog box for a GIMP plugin that ...
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What's a good alternative to cascading checkboxes?
We have a web interface for running a report. The report can be pretty complex. There are various topics that can be included in the report, and each topic has sub-topics.
Right now, the interface ...
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What do you do when you have too many choices in a checkbox field set?
I have an interface for managing a user's roles in an interface for managing accounts in a web application.
The roles are basically roles in the Role-Based Access Control - (RBAC) context.
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Check all / uncheck all checkboxes with regards to usability
I'm just wondering as to your thoughts on the best way of providing check/uncheck all functionality for an HTML table with multiple rows, that has a column of checkboxes.
Some possibilities:
Extra ...
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Selecting many elements from a long list
I have a scenario where my 'create user' dialog has a very long list of options, of which the user needs to select many. The project manager has suggested a 'dual list' approach: a long (scrolled) ...
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“By posting this, you agree to our terms and conditions”
Is it okay to have a "By posting this, you agree to our terms and conditions" (i.e. like 4chan) as opposed to a "I agree to the terms and conditions" checkbox?
I read about automatic agreement to ...
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Does a list of checkboxes necessarily mean multiple choices?
I'm currently reviewing the usability of an e-commerce website. When the user searches a product, filter options are provided to refine his search.
The following list of checkboxes is available:
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Filtering results with checkboxes
A colleague of mine and I have had a discussion about filtering with checkboxes on one of our sites.
We use a number of checkboxes to allow the user to refine a search, by selecting their areas of ...
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Which is the correct way to implement faceted search filtering: links vs checkboxes?
Is there a difference between implementing filtering options using links (or radio buttons), ie. you can only check one, versus using checkboxes?
For example: Youtube uses links, you can only select ...
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Showing sub check boxes on a form?
I have a form where I have a group of check boxes that are only applicable if a 'master' check box is ticked. At the moment, when the check box isn't ticked it looks like this:
When the text box is ...
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How to make “signing a contract” on a tablet feel serious and a legally binding?
Is there any standard for accepting signatures inside an application? I wan't to write an android app for gathering clients and then having them sign contracts on the tablet device, but is just an i ...
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Checkbox label negating
When labeling CheckBoxes is it bad to use "negative" or "opposite" descriptions? Should a checked CheckBox always mean "do something", or is it OK for it to mean "don't do something"?
For example:
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Tri-state checkbox: Which state should be selected after clicking?
There is a hierarchy of selectable items, let's say a parent and two children. All three items have checkboxes. When both children are checked, the parent's checkbox is also checked. When both ...
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Too many checkboxes in a table?
A user should be able to change the settings for 5 different options for each day of the week at the same time.
I was thinking of something like this, but it seems a bit messy... Too many things ...
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Searching for items that include/exclude an attribute
I have a list of items. These items have 1 or more colors (black, red, green or any combination of the three).
The user wants to filter the item on color. For example, show only the items that:
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List of checkboxes or multi-value select box
Currently in our application we have multiple lists of checkboxes. These lists comprise of random attributes related to a company. Each company will only perform a couple of these attributes and it is ...
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Group of checkboxes and supporting text fields
What is the best way to layout a group of checkboxes and supporting form fields?
For instance, in this form the user can select several choices for a report delivery method. Some of the choices ...
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Table Checkbox side best practices
When is it a best practice to allow for checkboxes to appear on the left/right and side of a table?
A wireframe came across my desk looking similar to the wireframe below. The justification the team ...
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Should the cursor change to pointer over radio buttons, checkboxes, their labels and selects?
I always do so because to me it feels nicer; it implies an action will happen on click. Especially for radio/checkbox labels, where the for attribute is correctly used.
This is not the default ...
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Order of items in a checklist vs the order those items are checked off
I have a modal with a sidebar of checkboxes that, when checked, append options to a panel on the right for the user to customize.
Example:
My question: I currently have the items being ...
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Best Text for “Select All”/“Unselect All” Buttons with CheckLists
What would "better" text for buttons that select all items in a checklist:
"Check All" / "Uncheck All"
"Select All" / "Unselect All"
or perhaps other text
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What is/are best practice(s) to align an HTML checkbox on a web form?
Consider this HTML form:
The checkbox in the form is really a pain in the ..., because no matter what you do, it can't be aligned in a good visual form with the rest controls of the form. For ...
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A button with choices
I have list of buttons that can be pressed or unpressed individually (like checkbox functionality). Some of the buttons can also have some attributes (+ or -), but it's uncommon to select those ...
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When would I use Facebook style fcbkcomplete instead of a multiselect dropdown?
Is there any occasion when you should use the Facebook style multiselect textbox (as seen in fcbkcomplete or smarttextbox) compared to a regular multiselect dropdown / list box or a set of checkboxes?
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To preselect or not preselect checkboxes
Lets say you want to customize and buy a new car online. You get to choose from a list of options for the interior. (Radio, Nav System, Leather or Cloth seats, powered windows, doors, locks, etc..)
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A Better alternative to display Hierarchical Data than using TreeView
I am a ASP.net Developer and am looking out for other alternatives to Treeview control. Reason behind is shipping too much of viewstate information for each request. Functionality of treeview would be ...
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Filter options - Preferable to use an 'all' box or a 'clear' link to restore default settings?
I'm currently working on a search engine, filter options are provided to allow users to refine their searches.
Example:
TYPE
[box] Firm
[box] Lawyer
[box] Transaction
[box] Company
When the ...
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Click-twice to tick the checkbox?
I'm working with a GUI that has some tables that contain check-boxes (Just as iTunes does).
The surprising thing is that the checkboxes in the system I'm working on get checked or unchecked after ...
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How do I limit the number of options a user may choose in a list?
Radio buttons is for single option, and checkboxes are for multiple selection, but what would be the most ideal way to implement maximum two selection? do I:
disable all checkboxes after second ...
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Which is better to design a Filter?
Which is better for filter, select a single value:
Check box ( Use js to keep single selection )
Dropdown list
Radio buttons
Highlighted labels
download bmml source – Wireframes ...
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How to lay out a list of lot of checkboxes that may vary in length?
I have a list of checkboxes under header titles (at least three, one of them has sub headers, all in one page), something like this:
Problem is, these checkboxes may end up with 10 elements per ...
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Best choice for three-state value?
In my application, the user can filter fields by selecting one of three possible values for each field:
True
False
Both
I currently have a drop-down box, but this requires two clicks while the ...
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Button label when applied to checkbox - “Delete”, “Delete Checked”, or “Delete Checked Items”?
Suppose one has a list of 5 to 40 items on a web page, and suppose further that one wants to enable the user to delete one or several of the items by checking a checkbox and then clicking a delete ...
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What direction do people read in when reading lists of checkboxes/radio buttons?
I have a list (quite a long one) of checkboxes. Some will be checked by default, and I'd like to put those first. So I'm wondering which direction is more frequent when reading / completing them, to ...
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What cues signal an unchecked state?
The key action on a page is selecting "I'm in" (meaning "I'm committed", which can also be deselected). The logical choice of controls is a checkbox:
[ ] I'm in
I'd like to give this action ...
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Alternative to a columns of checkboxes in a table
Here's the scenario:
A Person has a bunch of Accounts. Accounts may (or may not) have Services attached to it depending on the type of Account. Currently there are two types of Service (indicated by ...
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Should items be selected by default
Apologies in advance for the rather verbose description, only I don't yet have the rep to post images.
I work on an application where you can browse images and add them to a personal 'folder'. When ...
