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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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 ...
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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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Single checkbox or yes/no radio button
For the form items below, which interface control is the best option? A single checkbox or yes/no radio button?
Read EWLS advice letter?
Checked images / report on PACS / CRIS?
Pacemaker?
Unable to ...
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Irreversible changing of state
I am working on a UI for a workflow and task management system.
Each task can be in one of three states:
new
in progress
complete
The task is edited in a form which has Save/Cancel buttons. It ...
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Small real-estate for long list choices
Given the context that this is an institutional product, it is a web-app that enables educators to manage students. The way the UI has been designed, there is a pop-up that will allow a user to add ...
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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 can I describe what checkboxes do in a long list of items?
In my web app, I have a long list of items on one side of the screen and a shopping basket list on the other.
Here is an example:
The app works by checking the boxes next to items and then clicking ...
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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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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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ux review word for select all
Is is ok to use Select/Deselect All here or better to shorten it to only select all.
Would the users know that if they uncheck the "select all" checkbox. Everything will be disselected
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Filtering Results: Parallel Selection: Checkboxes vs Links
I'm trying to resolve a discussion with a colleague and gain some insight into a common practice for search refinement behavior.
I've read Best Practices for Designing Faceted Search Filters and seen ...
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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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Boolean table cell values - best way to show Yes/No
I have a table with some columns showing Boolean values of Yes/No. What do you think is the best way to show it?
Several alternatives I can think of are:
Leave the Yes/No labels
Utilize a ...
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Checkbox Group Behavior
I have a group of check boxes that are controlled by an "All" check box. I am proposing the behavior of the "All" check box and its dependent check boxes as below:
Default Condition: "All" is ...
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Another way of doing multi-select on mobile other than check boxes?
I saw a similar question asked but it wasn't exactly the same. On mobile check boxes feel rather fiddly and to be fair on my search around the web I haven't seen checkboxes commonly used on mobile ...
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Using icons as checkboxes?
How unusable is it to use icons as checkboxes?
It's a cool concept when it is implemented, however I am worried that it is not obvious that the icon is clickable. What are people's opinions about a) ...
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When the instructions are “check all that apply,” should there be a “none” checkbox?
I frequently see surveys with multiple-select questions that tell the user "check all that apply," and have a final checkbox for "none of the above." Is there any evidence or expert opinion as to ...
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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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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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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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Why should I use radio buttons and checkboxes?
I can build all the functionallity of a checkbox and a radio button with a select/dropdown, which results in a more lined up interface and I get around with lesser different types of GUI-elements.
So ...
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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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Input checkboxes wrapped inside <labels>
I usually tend to wrap my checkboxes and radio button inside their respective labels and was wondering whether this is considered a good UX practice.
Pros/cons ?
One of my main reasons is that it ...
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What is the best way to indicate when fields are empty in read-only mode?
I am working with a data-intensive application that displays many tabs and inside those tabs are different panels with related content. It is form-oriented, so the panels have a read mode and edit ...
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Are checkboxes necessary to allow selection of a row in a data grid?
I am re-developing the datagrids in a web application. A discussion has started around whether checkboxes to select in a datagrid are still necessary. Have mobile touch interfaces and their general ...
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Having lots of checkboxes and an extra action for each checkbox
I am using a similiar interface to Lisa Tweedie's awesome answer to my question on what to do if you have too many checkboxes.
I am going to be using an interface similiar to this for selecting ...
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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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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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Check-boxes vs. Icons
I have a table with hundreds of records. Each of the rows might have one or many check-boxes. Something that looks like this:
download bmml source – Wireframes created with Balsamiq ...
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Show list selection based on multiple attribute selection
In my traditional desktop app (not web app), I have a screen with a relatively short list of items (typically 10 - 20), from which the user can select any combination (including all).
The items have ...
