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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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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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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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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Android CheckBox is hard to tap
What are some good ways to make the CheckBox widget easier to tap in Android apps? In my app, both the CheckBox and the thing-behind-and-next-to-the-CheckBox are tappable, serving distinct functions. ...
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Is changing a checkbox label's function to invoke an informational popover confusing?
I want to provide a short description for each criteria in a search filter. Would it be confusing to display a popover when the user clicks the label instead of changing the state of its checkbox?
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ajax checkboxes vs submit button
At the office we are talking about an interface on our web application, which has ajaxified checkboxes: you click it, and the change is live. No "action" is performed other than changing data on the ...
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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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1answer
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Popup for a check box
Say there's a form (XAML) with a checkbox on it. If the check box is checked the user should be warned about something. The message to the user is basically, if you enable this then be aware that such ...
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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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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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2answers
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Designing a good bulk ignore-feature
I'm designing an analysis tool which displays a number of result items in a list/table. The items are issues the user should pay attention to and react upon, like "There's a problem with X". The user ...
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Displaying tri-state field in a data grid. What's the best cell control?
I have a data set where a column can have three values: true, false and null.
My first instinct was to use a checkbox for the Boolean values and hide the control altogether in case of null.
Am I on ...
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For online HTML based quiz question forms with single answers vs multiple answers, should I use radio button or checkbox?
If there is only one correct answer, I could use radio buttons. If there are multiple correct answers, checkboxes. However, since it's a quiz and not an information gathering form or survey, I could ...
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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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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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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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Select/unselect list items using checkbox or button [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Check all / uncheck all checkboxes with regards to usability
For a couple of applications one can find a checkbox to select/unselect all items in a list. As soon as you ...
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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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3answers
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What is an intuitive HTML interface for selecting items from a list into multiple subsets?
I've got a list of items some of which will go into an undetermined number of subsets. An item can be in at most one subset. An item might not end up in a subset.
It's easy if there is always at ...
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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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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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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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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 ...
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2answers
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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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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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4answers
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What is the best acknowledge UI?
What is the best acknowledge UI? Ie. confirmation by the user.
1) A simple checkbox on a form
or
2) A pop-up with a message and OK/Cancel buttons
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Why will you choose to use 'Check Box' instead of 'Option List' for two options? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How Yes or No Questions Should be Represented in Forms
This is a usability query.
Suppose you only have two options you want a user to pick, are there any design ...
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2answers
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Should present or past tense be used for “Enable / Enabled” checkboxes? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change?
When a checkbox enables a feature, is it more correct to use Enable [] or Enabled []? ...
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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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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" ...
