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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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 ...
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Including fax contact information [closed]
For an attorney's website contact information,
include a fax number?
Is this superfluous information? Can it be taken away?
I've had many unfortunate experiences with my college website. They list ...
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Survey builder - How to handle users navigating away from questions in invalid states
I'm building an internal survey tool similar to SurveyTalent where users have a panel to edit questions.
I have a requirement to make the question and however many visble answers required.
What ...
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Should I increase or decrease items in a wizard progress?
I am designing a large form which is split up into sections, and depending on how the user answers the questions, whole sections will be created. Here's an example -
Do you have a car? (this isn't a ...
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Accordion in a webapp - Should I allow more than one open?
I have several long forms in my web application.
I thought about using an accordion design to save unused space in the form (The form is already split into several sections)
download bmml ...
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What’s the use of vertical guide lines when filling out forms using handwriting?
I’m quite fast making shopping lists via handwriting, and I think I’m not alone using small notes instead of trying to make lists in my phone. But when I come to the store and they give me a discount ...
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Where is the best place to put example input for a form? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where should form instructions or hints be placed?
Which of the following is the best place for the example (e.g. 12345) on long/short/busy/simple forms? (...and why?)
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Best way to present an already filled form
We have a longish form to fill. After first step, we know that some a particular user is already registered. The rest of the form is already filled in, but we still need her to validate the data. ...
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when is it necessary to lock an answer? [closed]
I've attached a sketch wireframe to hopefully help. I wonder when is it necessary to lock the answer that has been input into a textfield, then if the user wishes to edit the answer they have to press ...
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Form usability / best practice for field label positioning [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
On forms, is inline placeholder text better than a label outside each field?
Is putting text field instructions inside the text box rather than having a field label a ...
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Combining email and phone inputs into a single text field
Let's say you want to combine both email and phone input into a single text field because you require either or, not both. What's the best way would you approach this? As far as making it clear ...
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Best way of selecting one option and a list
What is the best way of display a list of options nested within two options?I placed a mockup for reference to my question. If the user click the top radio button he should pick just one among all the ...
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Best type of UX for a asking visitors on a site a question?
I am trying to design a UX that allows random visitors on a website to quickly give us information about what books they/their child are reading in school. The site itself is a company that provides ...
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Why are most social media web forms on the right hand side of the page now?
I am doing research into social media sites, and one thing I have noticed is that most of the main players in the social media and communication world (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Google) ...
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Best controls for nesting items
I am trying to develop a page editing backend, and one of my problems is about how to let the user choose where to nest the page he/she is editing. My boss came up with this solution:
download ...
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How to display dynamic labels
Not sure 'dynamic labels' is even the best name for it.
Example (mockup below):
Think of a simple address including an input field for phone numbers. The phone number could be landline or mobile.
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Form builder that allows dynamic flow based on answers
I'm working on a project where we need to create a form builder that allows nesting of follow up questions based on a questions answer.
Currently we're thinking of a treeview that allows dragging and ...
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Long pages vs more pages
We're developing a form which may have a variable number of follow-up questions (based on user answers to an earlier question). Depending on user response, there could be between 0-13 follow-ups.
We ...
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Multiple selection in an iOS picker view
The iOS SDK doesn't have a multiple selection picker view. However Safari's picker view allows multiple selection. Fortunately ALPickerView was created to allow multiple selection in a picker view. Is ...
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Which is the best way to limit textarea or wysiwyg content? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Character limits on fields - pros and cons and best practices?
I have one section where user can enter only 140 characters.
What is the best approach from below options ...
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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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How to decide if auto-focus on search makes sense for the site?
I have code reference site ( QueryPosts.com ) that is largely search-centric and has prominent search form in sticky top bar.
It has been suggested (and I considered it myself before) that search ...
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Sign-up: Does the “confirm email” field work?
How many people sign up with a wrong (mistyped) email address when:
you have a "confirm email" field
you don't have a "confirm email" field
There is a very similar question on ux.se but it doesn't ...
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How to represent a form on a CMS admin panel page that deals with creating/editing multilingual fields
I've had some experience with creating multilingual web sites and their admin panels. I am now in the search of the ultimate way to represent multilingual fields. I'm not trying to satisfy a ceratain ...
