Forms are generally used to retrieve user input such as text, selected radio button, selected checkboxes and actions like pushing a button
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Normal select box vs autocomplete widget UX wise
Was wondering is anyone had experience dealing with autocomplete widget vs using a select box when you got 100-200-300 items in the select box.
I think the general consensus is that the autocomplete ...
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When should a select be replaced with a combobox?
I'm working with a site that is currently making heavy use of comboboxes. In fact, every select in the whole application is automatically turned into a combobox on page load.
My first inclination is ...
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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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How early should you funnel users in a registration process?
As part of a registration form I am building I need to, at some point, differentiate between whether the user is a 'student' or 'professor'. I've seen this handled in two different ways and was ...
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how can I get users to add fields into a list where many fields are optional?
I need to design a page to get user inputs in below format:
1. Item A (text)
a. Sub-item (text)
b. Upload photo for Sub-item (Browse and upload)
c. Description for Sub-item (text)
2. Item B ...
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Auto-detection of credit card type in a credit card form
Some time ago (it might have started with Apple) designers started to use pattern of auto-detection of credit card type in credit card forms.
On the screen above you can see such a form (it's ...
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Sliders without inputs - terrible idea?
Here's a part of iMovie UI that confuses me. All clip&audio settings can be only adjusted by manipulation on sliders.
There's no way to type in specific number.
My first thought - this is just ...
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Form prompts inside form fields always wrong?
I've noticed in the edit-profile form on UX Stack Exchange a weird prompt with an important message - the date format.
Personally I would consider it terribly wrong (force to memorize data format, ...
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Best ios alternative for an html select box?
An app I'm working on requires the user to enter their address which is then stored on a 3rd party system. The 3rd party has a predefined list of countries and states so when I send off the address I ...
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Best way to implement a chained category selection
Im in the process of making a website where user must select a category between +400 categories and/or subcategories.
The forms needs Parent category and x child categories. What is the best way of ...
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Nested multiple selections
I am building a web application that allows users to search a gym chain's class timetables. This gym has multiple branches, in multiple states and cities. The inputs to the class timetable search are:
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Category Drop Down List with Descriptions
I need a simplified means of selecting a category from within a form that is contained in a modal. The problem is that each of these categories has a LONG description that needs to be shown before ...
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Labels inside or outside text inputs? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
On forms, is inline placeholder text better than a label outside each field?
Are there any advantages / disadvantages in placing ones labels outside ones text inputs ...
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Easiest way to have a user select a letter grade?
I have a report card form that I'm creating for customers to rate performance in several areas. Our old format was using radio buttons, each labeled A-F with one N/A option. The current idea from ...
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Conveying progress for a set of items each with 2 stages
I think I have an issue with the hierarchy of information in trying to convey progress to a user. On the dashboard of a non-profit dashboard I have the following option:
The organisation deal with ...
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Single login page vs pop up iframe?
We have built a Single Sign-on system. A technical requirement is that it has to refer to another web page to login to get the token for the child site.
The current solution is a single point of ...
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Best ways to ask a user to select a worldwide destination? / examples?
I'm looking for examples of a user interface to select or browse for a worldwide location. A location could be as small as a town, or as big as a continent. It could also be vague such as "the Alps".
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What to display while waiting for a process (4-5 seconds) to complete?
We realized that in some cases the user may be waiting up to 4 or 5 seconds (depending on connection) for their form (or some action) to be processed. The form involves getting data from other servers ...
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Display form on page, in modal or separate page?
I have an application where users choose assignments to try over the coming days. When they choose an assignment, they state what they expect the outcome of the assignment to be. I'm not sure whether ...
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Is there a good UX widget for matching lists of items?
I want to ask a question of my website that has users match items up.
For example:
Match the animal with its sound:
Cow Bark
Dog Neigh
Horse Moo
If this were a question on paper I would ...
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Showing/Hiding vs.Enable/Disabling form fields
I would like to know the benefits and drawback relative to form design of "dependent fields". For example, in my form I have a Marital Status field, and depending on it's value, I need to know the ...
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Encouraging the user to enter a value in an optional field?
This is a follow-up question from the previous question Case-study for hiding the optional fields?
I have taken all the responses from my previous question and I have come up with this mockup, ...
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Should we ask for name on card even though it's not required for credit card payments?
The name on card is not used when processing credit card payments. Paypal does not ask the user to enter the name on card when saving a card to the "wallet", while Amazon.com does.
The benefit of ...
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Case-study for hiding the optional fields?
I am currently designing a web form for the Online Travel Insurance System and I am thinking of hiding the optional fields since there were so many of them. Like the image below.
I put a Show More ...
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Does it make sense to place 4 “Apply” buttons on a form?
I am design a "Setting" form for a Windows application (Winforms).
I'm doubting if I should place an "Apply" button 4 times on the same form.
On the first hand, each button refers to a separate ...
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Is “chars” a universally understandable abbreviation for “characters”?
I'm trying to limit instructional text in a form.
Can I shorten "75 characters" to "75 chars" and have it be clear to a fairly inexperienced Web user?
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List of values vs radio button group vs drop-down list
In the thread on GUI Design - ComboBoxes Versus Lists or RadioButtons and Dropdown vs radio button, I've read about comboboxes vs. radio button groups. In our legacy application, we also use lookup ...
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Is it ok to force a user to reenter data instead of editing existing
Is it acceptable to force users to delete and recreate data they entered incorrectly or should they be provided with a way to edit every instance of that particular data?
Use Case:
The wireframe ...
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Text layout in forms [closed]
I'm in the process of creating some design guidelines for a big form based application. The application has its fair share of "this information is vital to the users and can't be missed". I've seen ...
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Sorting options in list with choices
If you have several options behind a button with list, how would you sort the options? The button is shown at the bottom of a form, so the list will collapse above it.
Let's say that the options can ...
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“Pharma” UX Model? [closed]
Is there any known "Pharma" like UX examples or flows out there in the digital world?
Example: Doctor recommends a drug to a patient, hands off prescription to receptionist to make a copy. ...
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Idea for improved usability for HTML form checkboxes and radio buttons [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should the cursor change to pointer over radio buttons, checkboxes, their labels and selects?
My problem is that the little checkbox and radio buttons for form controls ...
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Automatically limiting or correcting numeric input field values
The application interface I am working on has an slider to select a number, but offers a text input field next to it. This allows reading the currently selected value, but also supports keyboard ...
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Alternatives to failing a form to ask for additional input
I have a simple form that asks the user to enter details about an airplane he or she has flown:
The form asks for the model of the aircraft (172, 182), it's registration (N-261GY) and its home ...
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A complex form within constrained space
We have a modal in our app where people can search for products within various user flows (in this instance it's for connect products in your inventory to your Amazon listings, so you can keep orders ...
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How to design a change state action
My application manages a few types of entities, each of them has its own workflow.
For example - a task entity workflow will look something like this:
(this is a functional/logical drawing, this is ...
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Optionally showing more options
Say you have a form where the user must specify a number of X. For sake of example, let's say X is flowers.
For 90% of users, the type of X will be the same, let's say roses.
So you have a control ...
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To preselect or not preselect checkboxes
Lets say you want to customize and buy a new car online. You get to choose from a list of options for the interior. (Radio, Nav System, Leather or Cloth seats, powered windows, doors, locks, etc..)
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Side by Side, Stacked, or something else?
I am creating a property manager module for our CMS, one of the forms is very basic, but I am having trouble getting what should be the most appropriate layout for the form.
Below is a screenshot of ...
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selecting 2 levels of information in one screen using search
I have to levels of information, for familiarity, let's name them hospitals and doctors.
The user first searches for hospitals and somehow selects a list of them, and then for each hospital she ...
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large amount of data on a single page
I'm a member of a team developing a business application. Basically - it is all about data entry. There are people (thousands of them) sitting whole day and filling the form below over and over in ...
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Name and Company - One field or Two?
I am laying out a form on a website with the typical name & address fields. While I've done this a number of times, I have began to try and trim fields from my forms that will be on smaller ...
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rectangles Vs rounded corners of text fields on mobile
Do you think there is a difference in perceiving text fields which have round\rectangle corners ?
My goal is to establish a convention that round corners are fields which the user can enter input and ...
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Adding text to textbox from a list
In our application there is a form to specify command line arguments to run an EXE with. We also want to provide some keywords that the user can use, now we put them in a listview. Currently, it ...
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Why is Facebook using two Form styles in their homepage?
I was under the impression that using two different styles for a form was not visually attracting and confusing for users.
Yet a big internet player seems to bee using a different style for their ...
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Is a multiselect (with a few exposed options) always better than a drop down menu?
Consider the two inputs below:
Ignoring the poor label placement for a moment...
It seems to me that in many cases, either of these inputs could perform the same function.
Do either of these ...
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Experience using dropdowns in-line of sentence “mad lib” style
Do you have experience implementing text inputs or drop-downs in-line with other text or forms? Is this approach any better than just creating a separate field/label?
In the example below the user ...
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Are spam bots actually better than real users at solving captcha codes? [closed]
The spam bots are pretty good. Anyone with an app with a comment system can confirm.
So, since they know to solve them, they do it pretty quick, as apposed to humans, who take on average 28.4 seconds ...
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Add new field to the form as user focuses on the field
I'd like to hear opinions and pros/cons for the following approach to handling HTML forms http://jsfiddle.net/FsY7y/6/ (this is a simple demo). As user focuses on a field, a new field is added in case ...
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How to convey a true/false value to a user?
I'm developing an application where users will be allowed to create custom fields that are part of a record, in addition to the fields that are provided by default. Users will be able to choose names ...
