master-detail typically involves a table where more detail is shown about the selected row.

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Show more information from a table row

I have a Table which contains some basic information for a Product. Upon clicking a row, I wish to show more information (on the same page) for that product where a user can edit certain information. ...
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Best way to show long list of detailed information for summarized items in a table?

I'm working on an application page for an insurance company regarding purchasing policies and showing all the detailed information that comes with the policy. The problem I'm facing is knowing how ...
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Is it wrong to use a master-detail on smartphone (mobile) with two scrolls?

I'm wondering whether two scrollable areas which resides one next to the other is a good design? You can see in the following picture. For the sake of argument let say that the location of item 1 is ...
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best way to add multiple child records at once?

I have a system in which Procedures can be defined. Each Procedure has a series of steps (each step having some attributes) It is reasonable to assume that the user will add all of the steps while ...
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Design flow for “cashed in installments”

I have this situation on a web application: User search in box the pending instalments to cash in. Clicking on button "cash in" the instalments moves to box at the top At this moment, the ...
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master/detail view blank state/detail view when nothing is selected

I have a following view/form: download bmml source – Wireframes created with Balsamiq Mockups Basically it is a form where I can fill out some information for a new record. When the ...
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Configuration form with multiple steps

I am working on converting a winforms application to WPF. So, we are also trying to make sure this is good from a UX point of view in the process. I have a configuration form that I am not sure if I ...
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Alternative design to master-detail grid rows

I have a web application with a Master-detail grid I did while back that uses dynamically generated tabs if a particular service was performed as the details row. I'm going to have to change the way ...
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How to make it obvious the contents of one table are based on the selected row of another?

Given a dialog with two grid-style tables, what's the best approach to visually showing that the selected row of the left table is what populates the right table? The best I can think of is an arrow ...
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Alternative sites devoted to UI micro features

Little Big Details is a microblog that shows screenshots of various user-interfaces, highlighting the the "little" things that make a "big" difference. For example, the latest entry highlights a ...
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For large hierarchies - checkbox tree or 'guided tree construction'

Context In my Web based application I have a hierarchy of musical genres. There are around 1.5k genres in the tree, and the depth of the tree is at most about four levels. My application allows you ...
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Could you please comment on this web layout? [closed]

I am designing a forum related to certain academic topics with features similar to Stack exchange sites. I have designed a web layout to facilitate easy navigation between the post overviews & the ...
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Indicating selection in a list with sub-levels not always visible

Suppose we perform a search on an object name and get this results list: From this list exactly one element can be selected in order to perform an action on that element. An element can be either: ...
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How would you handle user access management with 4 levels and 9+ unique roles?

I've been racking my brain over this, and haven't had any luck in finding existing use cases similar to mine. I'm implementing the front-end for our website reporting software. We've got some legacy ...
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Best design for displaying list under a list of items ?

I have a list of items in a database and i display 10 items with some additional details at a time(as table rows). I use next & previous buttons to fetch the remaining items. This part has been ...
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Behavior of auto-scrolling gallery

There's a small corporate website that offers a number of services. On the homepage there's a showcase of the services offered. There's a strip containing a number of items in reduced form (small ...
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Parent Record Data Lists Always Visible or Only When Needed?

I am rebuilding the interface for my band's web site. Currently, I have all main-level navigation in one, horizontal list. However, the navigation leads to some pages that have a defined hierarchy. ...
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Showing extra information for a table row when that row's selected

In the app I'm developing, we have a table/list that makes use of a kind of master/details approach; when you select a row in the main table, a second table below it is populated with 'child' items. ...
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Master-detail and tabs

I have a master-detail view. Which is the best practice to add new items to the list? Now I think when user clicks the new button a new tab item can appear with close button, so the user can navigate ...
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What are innovative, new ways to design Master/Child relationships on a page?

I'm currently working on a ASP.net application that has a variety of master, child relationships, portrayed on the page in a master gridview with tabs below. While this works for a somewhat small set ...