A way for users to put information into a computer system.
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Input control and concept of default values
I'm working on an application which purpose is to edit data from a specific domain.
The domain has a concept of default/inherited values.
For instance:
Let say I have a control with an edit box to ...
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Can this double picker be achieved by a web app (not a native app)?
Can this double picker be achieved by a web app in HTML (not a native app)?
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Input field label position, in context of view and edit mode
We would like to use top aligned fields for our form page, wherein the label text is in bold and the input text, normal (not sure if this is the best scenario). In edit mode, this works fine. The same ...
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What is the best way to indicate to the user to type/select production numbers
I need to ask to the user for this fields: area planted, area harvested and the yield.
I got this approaches:
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Obviously the three fields are numbers, they are between 1 and 40 for the ...
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Least obstructive text input boxes within text
I have some text with many text input boxes. I have been told (more than once) that the input boxes make the text hard to read.
What I have done is available at wikilearner.net/wiki
Do you ...
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What problems could arise from displaying a label inside a textbox during data entry?
Just made the finishing touches on a new technique I developed for using a label in a textbox.
Here is the live demonstration: http://powabunga.nfshost.com/bestform/
There were a few things I was ...
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Subdomains and usability: giving a user an address that immediately redirects them
This is a practice that simply baffles me. For example just today I got my water bill, which tells me to pay at www.water.website.com. This page exists only as a redirect to www2.website.com/water/. ...
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What's an intuitive way to enter several heterogeneous fields?
I need to give the user a way of entering (at most) three fields.
For example, for a list of ingredients for a cooking recipe, each entry has a quantity, a unit and a label, e.g. 2 big egg(s), 1 pinch ...
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What is/are best practice(s) to align an HTML checkbox on a web form?
Consider this HTML form:
The checkbox in the form is really a pain in the ..., because no matter what you do, it can't be aligned in a good visual form with the rest controls of the form. For ...
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What's the best and most intuitive way to have a user enter a height value in feet and inches into a web form?
What's the best and most intuitive way to have a user enter a height value in feet and inches into a web form? The major choices seem to be:
Have one text field where they can enter values. This ...
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When Users Select a Ship Date During Holiday
In a shopping cart where a user can select their preferred ship date, how would you alert them when a date is a holiday or weekend? Would you use processing to not allow it? Add an alert that it would ...
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How necessary is it to point out your call to action so obviously on a simple site?
I am trying to figure out, especially for returning users, the value of pointing out a way to add input to a site. Facebook and Google+ both have placeholder text and placement of the input for status ...
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How to enter a number from a range on a mobile web app?
I'm designing a web app for smartphones that allows the user to enter some numbers within a large range (say 0-511 or 0-1023). The numbers are exact and equally likely to be spread across the whole ...
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Cursor position and movement in Bidi Input.
In the case of Bidi input, where both RTL and LTR types languages can be mixed together, what should be the cursor position? And what should be the movement of the cursor with Home and End buttons?
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Do you think that it is a wrong decision to use a textarea for “add comments”?
Whenever we add a comment there is this textarea box. OK the first thing that gets into my mind is that I can press the "Enter" key in a textarea box and it will give me a newline. If its a normal ...
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Date picker subtleties: Input year by using numeric keys
We are developing a date picker and have run into a problem related to interpretation of user input.
Suppose you have a date picker as the one in the picture below and the user is to change the year ...
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Are “reset” buttons redundant? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is a cancel button necessary in a web form?
Are form "reset" buttons redundant? If not, why not? Give me a case where they are completey accepted, useful and maybe even ...
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Wizard or Tab ?
When I want to make an input dialog with lots of input field, do I need make the dialog in wizard style
or tab style?
Any suggestions?
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Background images in input boxes
I have been experimenting with right aligned background image treatments in input boxes for the web lately. Are there any rules of thumb for this type of implementation?
Is it considered great ...
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Which is more suitable Separate Box vs Single box in BrijPad
I have created an editor for fast development BrijPad. I get feedback that there should be two boxes one for input and another for output. but I think for multiple operations it would be ...
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Is text-transform uppercase frustrating when used in input form fields
I have a field in a form where the entered data is usually presented all uppercase. It's a field for a person's code that is similar to a Social Security Number with the difference that it also ...
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How will multi-touch computer design impact the future of User Experience? [closed]
Today I came across a video for a multi-touch, large screen user interface prototype, designed by a company called "Second Story" in Portland, Oregon. I am excited about the direction this will go. I ...
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How Best to Add Lots of Tabular Items To a Form Before Submissions
I need to create a form for which salesmen (or women) register what products they sold and on what day they sold them. They can enter multiple products per claim form.
The idea for how they add items ...
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Best Web UI for Large Amounts of Data Input
I'm looking for a good solution when users need to enter large amounts of data into a web application.
Example
A store owner wants to enter 30-40
new products into the system every
month. The ...
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Best way to accept user input of multiple numbers?
I am building a (very) small WPF app that needs to accept user input in the form of a series of numbers.
The user will be entering anywhere from 1-30 numbers (all 6 digit numbers) and then clicking ...
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FORMS: When to use dropdowns, and when to use dynamic lists?
Interesting that I couldn't find a discussion of this already.
When should we use dropdown selects, and when should we use dynamic lists (updated as you type) in web forms?
My opinion:
Dropdowns ...
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Progressive Validation and Disclosure
I am trying to find an example of progressive validation. We have a UI for a a visual editor where a user does things like indicate dimensions in pixels or percent.
The editor properties are in sets ...
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Best View Widget option to input a quantity
I am planning to create a rate convertor for food recipes. The user has to introduce the quantity of some food and then select the unit (gr,kg,mg,cl...).
First of all I think in seekbar, but as the ...
