Questions tagged [data-tables]
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Two possible list designs: How to depict per-item actions?
I am working on designing an inventory management system. I feel one design is closer to optimal but I need a sanity check on this. I won't say which is mine and which is not.
The debate is whether ...
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Is there evidence that text in a table vertically aligned middle is easier to read compared to vertically aligned top?
I have an html table and there is one column that is much taller than the others and I am trying to get a recommendation if I should be vertically aligning the rest of the columns to the top or middle....
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Placement of edit and delete buttons for dynamic table
The application I am working on has dynamic tables that gets longer as the user adds more objects. The user is able to edit the properties of these objects and/or delete them.
I'm quite confident of ...
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Data table with no data rows - show, or hide and display alt content
In a web page I have a table with a header row that is visually distinct from the data rows in the table 'body'. In some application states there will be no rows to populate the table and the header ...
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Getting large amounts of information from users
Say I have an app that requires a lot of information or insights about our users to function, what is considered the best way of going about this?
Thinking about forms, they would be too large and ...
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Two options for data table filtering
I wanted to get everyones ux opinion on filtering a data table two ways.
Do you think it's confusing to the user to be able to filter the data table with the filter bar and also have the same ...
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Best way to display date and time in a table with massive amounts of data?
I have a table of massive amounts of data. Each table row is a time sensitive order that our users need to cover on a day to day basis. Order's appear from all around the country and we have orders ...
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Incorporating new (unrelated) data on an existing table
We have a big table where user enters hours for each day of a time period (14 slots for day inputs)
each row represents a task.
the Dev team wants to incorporate tasks from another system into that ...
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Complex filtering
I have a data table that needs complex filtering. It is that kind of interrogation that needs "GROUP BY any-of-the-column" "WHERE any-of-the-column = value" "SORT BY any-of-the-column".
I know ...
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How to design a fluid and loosely coupled data UI?
I need some advice with designing a view of a system with the following characteristics:
Lots of possible data ('label: information')
Data is quite loosely coupled, but there is some grouping
Only ...
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How to indicate data in a table is clickable on a touch device?
For users on a touch device, what is the convention for indicating each figure (cell) is clickable to a page with information on where the figure originated?
On desktop it would be easy to have a ...
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Displaying data in wide 2 column table
So I got myself into a corner and feeling quite stuck with this one, wondering what would other UXDs do. I have a wide table (960px) and only two columns. What's the best way to display it? Thanks
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How to handle a data table with row selection and infinite scroll?
Data table properties:
Multiple columns per row
Displays 20 rows by default
When the 20th item is reach via scrolling, loads 20 more rows
Rows are selectable
Columns are sortable
Questions:
What's ...
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Advice on applying different kind of tasks on a grouped table
We are working on a system, where network elements are being maintained.
The number of the elements will be large: more than a few thousand is expected. Several processes can run on these elements, ...
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How to handle lists with 10,000+ entries?
I'm working on a feature that will allow administrators to manage lists of resources (people, vehicles) that number in the thousands. One client even has over a million entries.
Making a simple list ...
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How would I go about making these arrows more intuitive and informative?
Currently, in an each of the rows of a table I have an arrow attached.
Which, depending on whether the some number on its right has increased or decreased from the last time, changes its direction; ...
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Should filters reset on refresh?
I have a web app with a list of results that are filtered by date. By default, only the last 3 years of results are shown, but you can change the date filter to whatever range of dates you want. I ...
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Best Type of Chart for Numbers inside Matrix?
I have a matrix that looks like the following, and I want to make a chart out of it because the numbers are just too much to look at. What is the easiest way to digest this information? We are trying ...
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Links or button to open a modal window over a datatable
I work in a usability team and in our applications we allways use links to open new pages (navigation), and a buttons to do an action, submit a form, for instance.
But now we face a dilema: we have a ...
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Grouping or visually linking multiple rows in tabular data - best practices
I need to help users interact with a (potentially very long) assignment list of healthcare procedures. The list is tabular data that users want to sort in various ways.
Since this is healthcare a ...
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ng-table UX design table-page and results per page controls
I was hoping to get some input about table-pages and results per page. our team uses the ng-table to display data in table format. I personally think the page controls are very confusing. I am looking ...
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Table headers: uppercase or lowercase, left or center aligned, top or bottom?
I want to know if there's an standard or at least a nice way to stylize table headers?
Uppercase or lowercase?
Left or centered?
Top or bottom?
Thanks
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Allow filtering/searching on content that is hidden
I have been asked by our operations team to add a filter (for country) for a function that displays a table of data (list of payment information), but this display-table doesn't show this type of data....
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Tile vs Table/List view: Do they need to display exactly the same information?
I am currently working on a design (for a school/teacher app) that displays information about students. Two different views are offered to the user: tile and table view.
The argument among people on ...
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Charts or Tables
I have been working on a dashboard where a chart and a table are requested. However, both would contain the same data.
For instance, it is required that a country map is shown, with the values of ...
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What's a good pattern for mixing bulk-able actions and single actions?
I'm working on a web frontend for an existing API. We currently have a table that looks like this:
You can perform various one-time actions on items. At the moment, every action you can take on an ...
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Should the sort/filter changes throw the focus on first page or current page?
If a user is on certain page out of several in a pagination of a table data, when he/she applies a filter/sort, should he
-be shown results starting on page one or
-be kept on the same page state?
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How to efficiently manage big size tables?
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In an administration web application, I have to show some big tables having many columns. It doesn't have to work on anything but desktop (or maybe tablet) with a screen of at least ...
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Pagination Vs. Infinite Scroll in Datagrids
Pavination Vs. Infinite Scroll in Datagrids
Are there any research findings or papers or usability testing findings on Pagination Vs. Infinite scroll in a datagrid. I am trying to define UX patterns ...
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Legends in table data
We have a table of data that is not interactive but is too wide and growing so we need to consolidate the columns. Currently the headings are taking up the most space so I am trying to provide a ...
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Should I set maximum table width?
My app has a page that contains a table with about 10 columns.
Should I limit the width of the table to some maximum to prevent too much whitespace inside the table rows, or is it a bad practice? If ...
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Best practice for displaying no of records on datagrid
I am designing a banking application where i have a record count of over 1000 rows. I wanted to understand the ideal design patterns for pagination and displaying rows on a data grid.
I am ...
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What is the best way to clear text inside a text box?
Usually When using expandable text boxes there isn't a way to clear them unless having a reset button underneath which won't work very well when displaying information in a grid.
What do you think is ...
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Simpler query builder UX for querying OLAP / Dimensionally Modelled data
I've been testing 3rd-party query-building solutions for OLAP data warehouses with a few of our product's mostly non-technical business users, and I've had trouble finding any that are simple enough ...
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Time entry in a table
I'm trying to improve the experience of an application that allows users to enter their working hours based on customer and task daily and also can view their week total working hours. The current ...
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Selecting products from hierarchy
We have a hierarchy of products (documents) where there is a global library at the top that consists of all the products we have, a user’s account library that is a subset of the global products, and ...
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tables: multiple lines row
I'm designing a table were the description (that can have a variety of lengths) is a vital field for the user analysis' of the table. For that reason, I decided to allow multiple lines in a row (and ...
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Textarea inside of a table. Avoid?
We need an input in a table cell. Table is used for representation of the data. Table can be sorted, it has a border 1px. Depends on the business rule input will be either validated, accepted or ...
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Representing both large and small quantities of task based data
I have a task to re-create a chaser page in our existing task-based application.
The product is a SAAS product. Some customers may have 5-20 tasks which require chasing on a weekly/monthly basis. ...
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Multi functional table
I need your valuable feedback about a data-table I am trying to RE-design for a complex admin page.
To sum up;
There are "user roles" created on a page admin system.
There are also "users" ...
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Action Overflow VS. Command Menus for primary and secondary actions on a datatable
I'm currently researching what are the best practices for handling a lot of actions on a data table.
The two that I'm familiar with are grouping actions together in a command menu, using the action ...
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Complex form design pattern, common shared values, mixed with unique input values
Working on a form, which applies a configuration to an object selected from a table. Multiple objects can be selected to have one configuration applied to all selected.
This approach works fine when ...
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Background color when hovering datagrid row
My question is pretty simple. In your opinion, does changing the background color of the hovered row in the datagrid is a plus for the user - or a distraction that should be discarded? All rows / ...
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Examples of hierarchy in data tables and their usability
Has anyone come across data table UI design/patterns that also show some form of hierarchy? I am trying to think of examples similar to Excel, but used in web applications or mobile apps because it ...
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In a data-table, should actions be on the left or right
When working with tables, I prefer to place actions that are specific to the row (i.e. edit, delete, etc.) within the row. Sometimes I use an action menu, sometimes it's an edit or delete icon.
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Displaying data with responsive design
I'm displaying details of a product. My current responsive design works well for desktop, tablet and mobile. I'm happy with the clean look on the mobile version but I'm feeling the desktop version is ...
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Displaying multiple tables with varying numbers of columns
I am trying to design an enterprise application and I have a situation where I have multiple (More than 20) tables to be displayed in the page as a result of user interaction.
I cannot limit the ...
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Behavior for multiselect rows in a data-table
I have a data-table with the following features:
Filtering (client-side)
Column sorting (client-side)
Pagination (client-side)
Configurable number of rows per page.
Multi-row selection for bulk ...
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User interface components or design patterns for multiple sort/filter orders
Has any one seen any good user interface components or design patterns for doing multiple sort orders on a data table or grid? I am wondering if this design pattern is becoming less common due to the ...
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Action buttons placement related to data tables
Background
Over the course of the last few months on common element shared between a large number of internal development teams, is the need to provide functionality on a data table. Once of the ...