a method of direct manipulation where a user moves an item via a pointing device to "grab and drag" an item to a desired location, then "dropping" the item to specify an action to perform.
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How to visualize the possibility of drag'n'drop?
My web application contains a list of elements, which can be sorted by drag'n'drop. How to visualize this feature to users?
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Best UI pattern for letting a user assign items to groups
Problem: the user has a list of about 5-20 uncategorised items and needs to categorize them into 2-4 groups. The tricky part is that the same item can be placed into more than one group (this is an ...
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How to make it obvious that you can drag things that you normally can't?
My interface allows users to move things that usually have fixed positions in other applications, such as text boxes. What can I do to make it obvious to the user that they can move certain objects?
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What are the common idioms for the drop portion of a drag and drop operation?
I'm only concerned here with the other half of a D%D operation, the drop. What are the common idioms to communicate to a user they can drop? And which are the "best" and in what situations?
In ...
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Is it a good user experience to have drag and drop in tablet apps?
I'm currently working on an iPad/tablet app. I want to decide to use or not to use drag and drop in my app. As I'm looking at iPad's native apps there is no drag-and-drop functionality.
Is it a bad ...
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How do I make a table row on a web page look draggable?
I have a table on a web page where I need to let the user reorder the rows. I was thinking of letting the user drag the rows to reorder them. But how would I let the user know that he could do that? ...
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What is a good visual cue for drag and drop? (for reordering a list of items)
I'm wondering if anyone has any opinions on what is the best visual cue to indicate to the user that list items can be reordered via drag and drop?
Here are a few options I've been playing around ...
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Alternative control to drag and drop for assigning tasks to an individual?
I am working on a web application for Branch Managers at an investment bank to assign accounts that are without Financial Advisers for whatever reason. Some reasons are the Financial Adviser has ...
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How to accept multiple types of input to a table cell?
I have a problem with a column in a table in which the cells may receive
data in multiple ways:
You may write a number, say 1.0. If you write you can only write numbers.
Place an object in the cell, ...
