Questions tagged [disable]
For questions regarding when or whether to disable certain functions or controls in an interface or how to communicate the disabled state to the user.
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"Add" button on multiselection dialog when no selection has yet been made - active or inactive?
Looking at a dialog with a simple interaction (multi-selection table with checkboxes at front and [Add] and [Cancel] buttons in the Dialog footer), but complex data (two-level hierarchy, several ...
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What is better for UX/UI if phasing out features- hiding or disabling buttons/menus
We are in the process of phasing out certain features within our application. We are discontinuing some functionalities. Based on UI/UX studies, should we disabled buttons and menus or we should hide/...
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Which is better for a tab component: hiding or disabling tabs?
I have a tabs component that is always shown to the user.
During the loading phase a spinner appears to the right of the title of each tab.
When loading is complete I don't know if it's better to hide ...
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Do disabled buttons still need to be contrast compliant for accessibility?
Very related to this question: Accessible Disabled State but that is about how to style disabled buttons to make them accessibility compliant, but my question is slightly different.
Is it actually an ...
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Disable cancel button in dialog during of performing action
I have a closable modal dialog with primary action "Add". Dialog can be closed without applying of changes by clicking on "Cancel" button, or by clicking on icon "close", ...
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What is better for UX - hiding or disabling irrelevant buttons
This question follows on from my last question here. Is there a commonly accepted wisdom on how to deal with buttons that are not always relevant. The two possible routes and the issues I see with ...
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How to make text look *not* clickable
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I am currently building a textbook exchange website as pictured below. During beta testing users kept trying to click the three snippets of text under the logo ("6 books listed," &...
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Display disabled or hide an action that will never again be possible for an item?
I have an admin Backoffice.
I have item lists with an action button on each item. Several actions are available.
When an action is temporarily unavailable, I've decided to disable it. But sometimes an ...
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How to inform user they canot remove an element?
So I am working on a software for repair and maintenance companies right now. We are going to have a customer database.
Once you add a customer to the database, you can only remove them if there are ...
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Adding Users to a list
I'm trying to create a smooth way of adding users into a list on a page. The user has to add email and full name for a user. And at least 1 user should be added before being allowed to proceed.
Step ...
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Permanently disabled checkbox?
Suppose I have a GPS assistant function that the user can turn on/off.
When enabled, the function has a few options related to it. The user can turn these on or off too, except for the Suggested route ...
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What to do when user is offline?
I am working on an app where there is a function for driving directions - the user chooses their preferred map app (Google Maps, Apple Maps, Waze), then they are sent to that app with the address ...
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How to handle conditional dropdown lists
My form has two fields.
The first one is a dropdown list displaying a list of categories, and the second one is a data list that displays a list of users.
The data list options depend on the category ...
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Form input: Hidden vs Disabled, after changing default option
Currently, I am designing a form that has a radiobutton group for a certain question, that affects whether a second radiobutton group is relevant to them or not. Now I've been researching on what is ...
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How to handle blocking UI elements while waiting for server response
Lately I've been using React + Formik to create great user experiences.
I've a question about blocking the UI when the XHR is still processing.
Imagine a register form with only a sign up button. As ...
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Communicate that an object in the toolbar cannot be added to the document a second time
I'm working on a toolbar containing objects that can be dragged into documents. You can also click on these objects to add them to the document. Some of these objects have restrictions and can be ...
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What order should the list of options be after 1 more option gets disabled?
Designing an app feature that lets a group of users register for multiple accounts in certain situations. The 1st screen shows that 4 users, who are in the system, and 1 user is already registered ...
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How to display context dependent buttons in a row
I work in an internal application for my company.
I have a table displaying documents sent for digital signing, with a last column used for displaying buttons with several actions available to each ...
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Should a Save button be disabled if there have been no changes made?
I have a desktop application, and in this application, there is a non-modal dialog where a user can make changes to something. The dialog has a Close button and a Save button. The Save button does not ...
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Design for skip vs next when next requires waiting
I have an app that serves users content which requires them to say whats on the screen. They can move on to the next piece of content only after some period of time depending on the length of the ...
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Gray-out conundrum
As we're approaching the release date for v2.5.0 of Rubberduck (an open-source VBIDE add-in), we're facing a bit of a dilemma regarding a specific type of tree nodes in one of our toolwindows:
The ...
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Signifying to user that field is editable
I have a grid that has a bunch of data. Some of the fields are editable and cause a postback updating the data. What are the best ways to show that to the user?
i.e. Is there a best practice for how ...
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Should I have a disabled button or no button at all, if the user doesn't have sufficient privileges for the action?
I would like advice on whether a disabled button is better than no button for a certain UI.
Basically, the regular (experienced) users can either comment on an issue or close it; the users with ...
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WCAG 2.0 compliance: do I have to support browsers which don't support JavaScript?
WCAG 2.0 has some requirements on robustness: "Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies", but it doesn't ...
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Accessibility Guidelines for saving changes to boolean controls in a web app
We currently have some settings pages in a web app where there is a list of controls with checkboxes, so you can enable/disable certain features. We also have a save option below these that is ...
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Inactive State of buttons, to hide or not to hide...that is the question
On a windows based LOB application for data capturing. Is it better to hide a button completely when it is inactive, or simply show a disabled state for the button.
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Multiple Save Buttons after Editing Information
I keep going back and forth on this issue and wanted to get some other opinions.
We have a series of pages within a settings control panel. There are multiple modules within the pages, and each ...
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Is it okay to disable a radio button in a group of 2?
I have an option menu where one of the options is a simple group of 2 radio buttons:
Now in certain conditions, the 2nd option is not available, but i was wondering if it's okay to simply disable a ...
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Depending radio buttons
I have a complex form with a lot of elements. One element section cares about the visibility of the dataset:
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This is realized with radio buttons of course, where unlimited is the ...
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Missing permission - hide, disable, show error message/page? [duplicate]
In a web application I wonder what's best practice to design an element (text link, button) pointing to an action where users don't have access to (e.g. create new user). Esepcially when this element ...
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Disabled buttons while long running task
My application has a toolbar and a lot of buttons on it. Some buttons start a long running processes(tasks). At this moment every task executes asynchronously to allow user to do something else while ...
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Do I display a button (that's directing to content, but there's no content yet) as disabled or active followed by an empty state?
I need to show a button that will take the user to the screenshot gallery.
But when there are no screenshots yet should I disable the button or leave it active for the user to click and enter an ...
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Disabling filled fields
In a webapp we have a form composed by a select box and some text inputs.
When choosing item from the select box, some of the text inputs will became disabled because "not applicable" and will not be ...
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Should read-only fields hide or disable icons?
Throughout our system we have different input-field types that have icons tied to them.
Examples:
Time field with a time icon - when clicking the icon it will fill in the current time.
Date Field ...
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Should form 'Continue' button be disabled if validation is incomplete?
In forms we often see the 'continue' button inactive until all the required fields are complete:
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Is this actually a help to the ...
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To disable button or to not disable button? [duplicate]
Simple question, should a button be disabled if the form is not finished, i.e. still missing some input of mandatory fields?
Why/Why not?
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Should we disable an action in our system because we don't have a use case for it?
I work on a complex and heavily data-backed app (essentially an ERP) that has a number of different objects in the system that track real objects in the world. Users can create objects which later ...
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Should I prefer "Earliest Prevention" over "Flexible Workflows"?
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I have a specification which explicitly mentions 4 (sic!) interrelated modal windows for a fairly simple use case. This seems to be a result of the old-school way of thinking, i.e. "let's ...
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Most appropriate way to show a disabled button
The 'edit' button is disabled for an item:
It is disabled because the user doesn't have permissions to edit the item.
If they want to edit it, they have to either ask for permission from the owner or ...
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Should disabled elements be focusable for accessibility purposes?
For example, if we have a set up wizard with 3 steps, and the user is on step 1, should the user be able to focus on the control to continue to the next step, regardless of whether or not that control ...
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What is the right way to visually mark that a selection is disabled
I have a page with a list of products. Each product can be customized in color and width. The width chooser is a select, but some products only have one option, so it is pre-selected.
What is the ...
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Disabling parts of application
I'm working on an application.
In this application we've got a page and in this page there are 2 different areas.
The top area is used to define information and has a radio select group where we ...
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What would be the best way to guide users in this design and avoid forcing users to make the mistake then correcting them?
I am trying to find the best way to guide user to achieve their goal (Submitting a course) without the need to force users to make a mistake then correcting them.
In this design:
User lands on this ...
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Should a dropdown have a value (or be visible) when the associated checkbox is unchecked?
We have users that can be assigned to different groups with an associated role on that group. For example, a user may be a "Contributor" on the "Human Resources" group, but an "Admin" on the "How To ...
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How should I show disabled state in table?
Let me explain a problem at first!
I am making a mockups for a web service hardly consisted of tables. Every table has action at the end of each row. So, every set of actions refers to certain row. ...
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how to represent disabled cells into a table with alternate row color
I'm creating an editable html table with alternate row color with a focused row highlighting .
When a cell is clicked, the user can modify its content.
Considering all of these, I need to indicate ...
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Which is better to disable, the confirm e-mail field or the sign up button?
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I'm working on an application where users have to use a specific email domain to sign up (Either @a.com or @b.com. Anything else gets rejected).
In order to prevent my users from going ...
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Is it bad UX to disable features (to protect the user)?
We have built a product tour, but due to the fact that it has to be editable by people who don't know code, it was done on a framework that uses twitter bootstrap's boilerplate and modules to build. (...
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What is the best way to present tab with unavailable content? [duplicate]
Windows guidelines are saying that you shouldn't disable tabs, since it doesn't explain why content is unavailable. They recommend hiding/disabling all content inside tab and explaining the reason ...
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Should we disable all functions of the website when user's not logged in yet?
It almost depends on which option you decide between:
Let users enjoy the web app but as soon as they want to interact, a login form pops up.
Hide all interactive buttons until they logged in.
I ...
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