Questions tagged [interaction-design]
Defines the structure and behavior of interactive systems. Interaction Designers strive to create meaningful relationships between people and the products and services that they use, from computers to mobile devices to appliances and beyond.
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Feedback on a Error Summary
There's a use case where we plan on having an error summary to describe better the errors they might have on a form. The documentation on the UK Government site is well-written and covers most ...
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Best way to show accepted item that applies to multiple inputs?
I wanted to get insights on the best way to show an accepted item.Suppose we have list of offers and one offer that applies to multiple lines ( mobile numbers) i.e XXX-XXX-XXX1, XXX-XXX-XXX2, XXX-XXX-...
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Should fields be hidden if another field could appear in between?
I'm making a form which will have various yes/no answers. In response to the user's action, the form might display more fields. Some fields will always be displayed.
For example (completely made up ...
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Is it fine to show every detail on dashboard for an admin panel or after one click?
Well, I know the fact that we need to minimize the user click. But displaying too much information is also not good. So, as you can see from the image below, we have plans and a scrollable list of ...
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What's the name of the header shrinking animation in Samsung's One UI
I'm curious about the name of this behavior, I remember reading it in a design blog a few months ago but completely forgot about it, algo OnePlus implemented something similar in OxygenOS 11 and ...
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How to handle requests that will be picked up by a person and responded to within 5 minutes
I'm currently designing a voucher/discount journey.
Due to system constraints, this is the scenario
User needs to request a voucher.
The request then goes to a crm that is managed by individuals.
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Connecting items in from webshop A to B
In the current project I'm working on we need to connect items in different webshops together. These items are the same but they have different article numbers and different descriptions so the ...
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Multiple action buttons each with explanations
If I intend for a user to click one of four related but different submit buttons on a page and I also plan on having a brief paragraph explaining what each button is supposed to accomplish, what is ...
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Combining single- and multi- select drop-down in one form. How to dismiss the drop-down?
How to dismiss the drop-down in single-select and multi-select cases?
For single-select, the obvious option is to dismiss the drop-down on selection.
For multi-select, drop-down should stay open on ...
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Nice DB GUI for Lots of (ideally rich formatted) Text
I am designing a workflow processing system. I have many (hundreds) of workflows that in many cases are variants of each other and have related characteristics.
In the beginning development stages I ...
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Selecting a table row for highlighting when there are interactive cells
I have table that looks like this:
I need the switches to be toggleable and the APRAKSTS to be editable (it probably needs some kind of indicator). Also, as you can see, the last 3 columns have ...
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Interface for preventing certain items to be combinational with each other
Suppose that I have three lists with items [A1, ..., A10], [B1, ..., B10] and [C1, ..., C10] and I apply the cartesian product on those lists. Then I will get [[A1, B1, C1], [A2, B1, C1], ...]
Now I ...
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How to differ two different items on the same list (base of contents)
I've content bases that can be exported and imported into other environments. **A content base is a set of specific files.
When I import a content base from another environment, my source files are ...
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How to make selecting fields behavior obvious in a conditional fields configurator?
Application is a document editor with the ability to add text, images, blocks, and fields. Users can assign fields to recipients and send a document. I'm currently working on an interface where users ...
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Progressive disclosure on hover - Best approach?
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I'm the sole product designer for a company with a product built around selling "knowledge packages" for getting your company on a better spot financially, fiscally, or productively....
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Robots: moving face, or no face [closed]
Form a UX, perspective.
What would be the advantages of a robot with a moving face, versus, those of a robot with no face.
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Can a visual concept hinder an understandable navigation?
Anyone who has read anything about graphic design will know the strength of blank space as a compositional element, whether as a design itself, as a concept, or as a style, such is the case of the ...
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Assignment of one category for each object, What's the best practice to achieve?
I'm designing a new product where the user can import their current apps to the system. In the system, there are 4 categories that represent the stages for product development: test, dev, QA, ...
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Good way to present wireframes to stakeholder for application concept?
For a lesson-making application, I have designed wireframes with multiple user flows to help illustrate the important features within the application (i.e user creates a lesson , user clicks and drags ...
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How to handle multiple objects on the same day in my timeline?
I am making an app where a series of posts are shown side by side chronologically. Then on the same page, there is a timeline at the bottom where each post is represented by a colored tick. You can ...
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Filter all the data - big data load
I'm creating a platform that has a lot of company data, around 200,000 companies with 1000 branches each, so it's a lot.
When we load the platform we usually don't show anything until we have loaded ...
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Invitation to the Saas platform with payment
I am looking for some examples of companies/ websites who are using the model below:
The company A is using the Saas platform for the assesment (paying for it).
The company A wants to invite other ...
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Overlay Vs dedicated page or separate section within the page?
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We have this situation where we need to display additional information about products that users has selected.
The page in question is the page that houses the products, each product is ...
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What's a good way to let users manually switch between inbound and outbound travel content?
Working on the UX for a inbound/outbound switch for a travel website that does tours in the Asia region. They aim to 1st identify using IP address if the user is from the host country or heading to ...
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Icon-based sidebar navigation + sticky header. Good idea? [closed]
I'm designing a B2B web-app with a lot of tables and dense information.
Each page has a header that can contain:
Page title
Tabs
Action buttons
We're using a sidebar navigation that shows section's ...
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How to improve the UX/UI for multiple buttons that are now spread out
I am working on a web application where we have detail pages for applications that were submitted by the user and certificates that were issued for them.These pages have multiple buttons and are ...
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Is it OK to let the user use colored tags to associate data sets or keywords?
I am debating with my boss regarding whether tags should be coloured or not. I feel that colouring tags will just work as fun for the user. A user won't remember what colour he has assigned to a ...
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Can I use semi-structured interviews for collecting insights for a prototype?
I have a low-fidelity prototype and I would like to use semi-structured interviews to ask users questions while having a walkthrough of the prototype.
Do you think it's a good idea to choose semi-...
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Should a sidebar menu have a sliding animation?
Currently we have a sidebar menu with multiple parent and submenus. There is some debate on whether there should be a sliding animation or not. I think because it is not a step by step process, so the ...
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Tradeoffs in buy-in/uptake, retention, usability and engagement when splitting an app in two (or more)
I'm designing an app that, due to its nature, has 3-4 absolutely distinct but interacting role-types. However, importantly, a single person can be tagged with any combination of these roles. One ...
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Subsequent editing of inline “click to enter text” fields
I’m iterating on a SaaS platform where there is a notes functionality on certain elements which are shared between all users of the platform.
Currently, it’s handled via the notes section starting ...
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How can I emphasise the fact that these tiles are sequential?
I'm making a customisable timer using tiles (work period + break period, repeatedly). I want to emphasise the fact that these tiles are sequential (i.e, left to right, up to down). There are a maximum ...
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Working groups, 2 different approaches
I am building a working group module for a CRM. The goal of the module is allowing user to share anything under a specific domain.
With working group module users can create:
A sales team
A project ...
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How to annotate designs with interaction states when pulling from a larger design system?
I'm currently pulling a small set of assets from a large design system and I'm conflicted about the best way to organize design files with interactions for developer hand-off.
For example, I have a ...
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How to show better hierarchy for inter dependent fields in a table?
[Might be an existing question, couldn't find a better match]
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I have a list view that shows column headers ( fetched from a separate table )
User has the following ability to do.
Can ...
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Letting user change displayed data in overview (table)
This part of my app will be for managers who need to approve the working hours of their employees.
A manager will get a overview(1) with all the hours they need to approve, also hours from employees ...
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Is it easier for the user to have all the options at a glance?
I am working on an internal webapp where we ask users about very different issues.
Users have the option of not answering, but now we want to know if they really don't answer because they don't ...
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Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?
Is this a legacy thing or does a tilted cursor serve a purpose? I can tell that the angle provides a totally vertical left edge which helps when highlighting text but what else apart from that?
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Best way to mark rows as not applicable in a data table
I am redesigning an old greenhouse gas emissions regulatory application that has a common design pattern where data tables include "Not Applicable" marked as N/A as the first column. When ...
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What's a good alternative to a modal calling another modal?
The example i'm thinking of uses a modal to display a list of saved references. The secondary action for this would be to email this list (to yourself or to share).
Both of these actions (displaying ...
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Entry point ("Item level" vs "Page level") and "Inline edit" vs "Edit page"
A project I'm currently working requires the user to be allowed to edit only certain items on the page. So the way the page is arranged now, a few items can be edited, and a few items aren't editable. ...
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Pattern for adding information to a request that was submitted
I'm designing a flow for an approver. It is a relatively complex problem.
Requestors can submit requests which go to an approver to approve.
The approver needs to be able to see the details of the ...
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How to cater to 2 different audiences in1 page
I'm working on 1 site page that is for both Enterprise customers and Communications Service Providers. We sell the same offers and solutions to both but we need to use a different language for each. ...
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In the App I designed, there is a carousel component that can be swiped horizontally, but facing an accessibility issue, how can I solve it?
In the App I designed, there is a component that can be swiped horizontally, but the accessibility team said that the functionality is not operable using a single pointer and without requiring a ...
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What is a good multipress timeout value for pressing a hardware button?
I am looking for a value to specify as a maximum time between presses for it to count as a multi-press when pressing an hardware button on e.g. a mobile phone. An example would be to execute an action ...
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Plus & Minus button position for selecting number of passengers?
We're having a discussion in the studio as to the position of the plus & minus buttons in this UI element. I feel that you naturally look to the right to 'increase' or 'move forward', although I ...
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Tray Icon application with pops up alerts
I am coding a Tray Icon application in Java - it runs in the background & polls a server. On receiving a particular message from the server the application pops up an alert from the Tray Icon. The ...
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Microinteraction language — drilldown, link, action
I'm currently building a new SaaS product, and am revisiting a few of my old decisions about certain patterns. In this specific case it's the design language for three types of ineractions that happen ...
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How to handle delivery time slots that expire before purchase is complete?
I have an e-commerce web app where you can choose among multiple time slots for your delivery. There are some rules that depend on when the purchase is completed.
For instance, if I purchase something ...
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What's a good metaphor for a simple state machine?
This is a bit of a weird question so I'm not sure it fits here, let me know please. This is a question about UI design for a video game. The question is purely about user experience, but I'll have to ...
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