A switch decision between two or more options where only one can be selected.
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Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change?
I have a quick question about buttons that toggle between two states. (Think Play/Pause, or Shuffle/Regular Play.) As the title says, should the toggle show it's current state or the state to which it ...
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Toggle Buttons “Turn On” vs “Enable”
For about a year now, we've used toggle buttons on a couple of segments of our site. We try to be very consistent in our user interfaces, always using the same blue button styles for every clickable ...
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Separation of play and pause buttons for playing media
I seem to remember reading somewhere that having the play pause actions triggered from a single button that toggles is a bad idea
It seems to me that this idiom works well (e.g. pressing space to ...
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Multiple choice with Yes, No and 'No answer'
I am working on a Quiz Application for Multiple Choice question. Instead of normal Multiple Choice Questions with the two answers yes and no. I am working on one that allows a user to abstain to a ...
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Icon for ascending-descending sort [closed]
I'm trying to come up with two icons to represent ascending-descending sort order which would allow the user to sort the members ('bars') of a chart/visualization.
The control will be a toggle ...
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Should “toggle buttons” show what they do or the system status? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change?
I find inconsistency in "toggle buttons" (I just invented the name now. See ...
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Is there a pattern for cycling or toggling through time periods?
I'm looking for a pattern for toggling between different periods of time. Currently I've prototyped an example which is a single button that, when tapped, will cycle through 3 time periods: by month, ...
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Best choice for three-state value?
In my application, the user can filter fields by selecting one of three possible values for each field:
True
False
Both
I currently have a drop-down box, but this requires two clicks while the ...
