a widget used to select multiple related items to create a list or similar collection of related items.
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Hiearchichal Selection for Grouping (ie Teams)
Say I have a page where I want to be able to select what people are on what team.
Each team can have up to 3 participants(so height shouldn't be an issue) but the same people can appear on multiple ...
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A scalable solution to define user-group membership
I am trying to solve this design question for my class. The problem is simple - there are thousands of users and I have to design a UI that lets you associate them with a group.
I found this ...
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List of checkboxes or multi-value select box
Currently in our application we have multiple lists of checkboxes. These lists comprise of random attributes related to a company. Each company will only perform a couple of these attributes and it is ...
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Another way of doing multi-select on mobile other than check boxes?
I saw a similar question asked but it wasn't exactly the same. On mobile check boxes feel rather fiddly and to be fair on my search around the web I haven't seen checkboxes commonly used on mobile ...
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Most intuitive multi-select component for the web
My target audience are users that are not familiar so much with computers so i try to simplify the UI elements in use as much as possible.
For instance I try to avoid drop down menus and use big ...
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1answer
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Multiple selecting widget options
Below are two options for a multiple selection widget. The dropdown is very similar to Gmail when you add multiple recipients. The shuttle control is very common in a lot of enterprise software which ...
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What is the best practice for checking a series of checkboxes?
I have a large table (some 100 rows) for setting user permissions. Each set of permissions has a set of 4 possible items, which in many cases will all be checked but not by default. For efficiency we ...
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How to provide a visual interface for all selections
We are designing a visual interface which allows you to multi-select a few objects (say 5) from a large list of objects (say 1000). We are currently showing this on a drop-down, but we also want to ...
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Does a list of checkboxes necessarily mean multiple choices?
I'm currently reviewing the usability of an e-commerce website. When the user searches a product, filter options are provided to refine his search.
The following list of checkboxes is available:
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What should a toggle switch do when using a multi-select?
When an item in a list has one of two possible states, how should the toggle switch behave when items have been selected that have different states?
Neither action is dangerous, but it may act on ...
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Multiselect for narrow display
I am designing a multiselect pattern (using on some fine js) with tight and narrow display in mind. The selectable items are displayed with facet counts. The number of items may range from a few, to ...
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What control to use to select multiple months?
I want to offer the users a way to select a range of months within a year. The selected months are used to display a table of data. The control should be placed above the table and since vertical ...
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Two step selection to make a single item
The application I'm creating deals with maintenance issues allowing a user to report a defect and notify the people responsible for looking at the problem. Think of the application as performing ...
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Name for widget with side-by-side available/selected listboxes?
Two list-boxes, side by side, one with available items, the other with selected items, with arrows in between to move items back and forth.
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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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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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Two panel multi select on mobile
I'm trying to develop a system where users can add financial symbols to activities, almost as you would tags to a blog post. The user should be able to easily add or remove symbols. They can add as ...
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UI pattern for selecting a rule (from a list of many) and applying to multiple items in a tree
I have considered using a side by side panel design. A list of rules on the left, and a tree navigation on the right - however the tree structure could get very nested. I am concerned how a user would ...
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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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Good practice for entering multiple dates
I have a web application where the user can plan an event an set dates for this event. Generally speaking, what is a good interface for entering those dates?
The requirements are:
The date is a day ...
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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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Expert consultation request: Best solution for multiple choice and pricing of large number of products / services
I am looking for a solution for multiple choice and pricing of a large number of products or services. Available studies are related, in my opinion, to small amount of items, hence I am asking for ...
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How to visualize similarity of one file to another?
Problem
My file-system is a mess, over the years I've been accumulating way too many downloads I didn't care to uncompress and organize, code that was subject to endless copy+pastes and improvements ...
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Pros & Cons? - Single dropdown VS double dropdown VS multi level dropdown
I’m working on an application with some complex dropdowns which have selectable main categories and sub categories. Some dropdown lists could have up to 40 options - which is quite intimidating to new ...
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How to design a form that requires the user fill in one text field out of three
I am having a form where I want the user to fill in one text field out of 3. These 3 fields are used to identify other clients in different ways (Phone number, Email or Name). The last text field is a ...
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Multi Select hierarchy for Mobile Design
I am working on a native application which will user to select multiple level of a hierarchy and perform some filtering.
So for example we have multiple level of category of products like Home Care > ...
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Small real-estate for long list choices
Given the context that this is an institutional product, it is a web-app that enables educators to manage students. The way the UI has been designed, there is a pop-up that will allow a user to add ...
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Results of combobox selection
Combo box is relatively easy to pick items from, but is less usable when it comes to see what you have already selected. Any recommendation on how to display results of the combo box selection? The ...
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Does touch based mobile phone browsers support multi selection of list?
On desktop based browser application there are elements which allow us to do a multi selection, like below:
Multi Select
Is there support for this on touch-based phones? How do these kind of ...
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ux review word for select all
Is is ok to use Select/Deselect All here or better to shorten it to only select all.
Would the users know that if they uncheck the "select all" checkbox. Everything will be disselected
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Multi Lingual Filtering
I am working on a multilingual content streaming website. By multilingual I mean we have multilingual content. The whole website is however in English.
And we have multiple categories (TV, Movies, ...
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Fit buttons next to textbox on a widget
I'm designing a widget to select names, and move them to two different fields.
The left list will display all available names. On the right we'll have two fields: a textbox and another list. User can ...
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UI Drop Down Alternative(s)
I searched previous questions and mine doesn't exactly fit...
I am working on a User Interface for a school course online application. The integral part of the application is choosing which term you ...
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Best way of selecting rows in a grid across pages?
Best way of selecting rows in a grid across pages?
We have a data grid which spans multiple pages, which is core part of our web based application.
Scenario 1: Checkboxes denote selection.
Use Case ...
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How do I limit the number of options a user may choose in a list?
Radio buttons is for single option, and checkboxes are for multiple selection, but what would be the most ideal way to implement maximum two selection? do I:
disable all checkboxes after second ...
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selecting multiple items on a grid, which is only a part of the total set
I need to show a set of N items to the user, but I can render comfortably only M. (M ~ 20, N ~ 1000). The user then can select one or more of these items and then move on to the next stage. I need to ...
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Best Practise for contextual properties at Desktop App
I'm working on a desktop application - a photovoltaic planner - where you can layout your solar panels on a roof very similar to graphic programs like InDesign or Illustrator.
Actually, its quite ...
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Best way to give user two controls (expand and select) on a single object
We're working on an organizational tree visualization, for each node (circle) in the tree the user has two options - expand the node to see its children OR select the node
In general, the primary ...
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Tentative vague appointment
I am working on a web functionality that allows an user to request an appointment with another user. However, users may have not met nor known about each others schedule. Therefore, options must be ...
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Select/unselect list items using checkbox or button [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Check all / uncheck all checkboxes with regards to usability
For a couple of applications one can find a checkbox to select/unselect all items in a list. As soon as you ...
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Tags! Massive amounts of tags and a sane interface to use them
I am working on a web application for music which uses multi-tier tagging. Artists, albums, and tracks have a separate set of tags from a pre-defined list that can be applied, plus each user may add ...
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Fastest way to choose 2 items from a list of 10
What is the fastest way to select two elements from a list of about ten? Here are some constraints:
The list elements are strings of about 5-6 words, drawn from a list
of 600.
The users are ...
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Hierarchical multi-state tree check box selection
I'm searching for a good/alternative solution to handle multi-state selections in a check box tree. A normal check box tree is mostly doable, because it has three different states.
It might not be ...
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Should items be selected by default
Apologies in advance for the rather verbose description, only I don't yet have the rep to post images.
I work on an application where you can browse images and add them to a personal 'folder'. When ...
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Selection of items in a grid across pages
Would you expect when making selections across multiple "pages" in a grid or other list style control that it would remember your selections? Would you expect it to forget your selections the moment ...
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Does the average user understand the standard HTML multiple select box?
If I want the user to select one or more items the HTML symantecally correct form element would be <select multiple>.
So the code would be:
<select multiple id="sel">
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what is the best UI for multiselect from a heirarchy of data
i have a hierarchy of data and i need to create a UI to pick from this list. the data is structured something like an org chart where teams have parent teams.
team seven
team three
--team one
--team ...
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Examples / best practices for dropdown menus with checkboxes [closed]
I'm looking for websites with good examples of a dropdown with checkboxes. I know that the gmail labels menu is one, but I'd like to see some more. General best practices are also very welcome.
Is ...
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Bulk actions: what to do when not all items support an action [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Bulk actions: what to do when not all items support an action
Picture the following scenario: user selects a bunch of items, and the 'bulk actions' box appears; user ...
