Timeline for What's the best UI to use when asking a user for a negative selection (i.e. avoid X)?
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| Apr 11, 2017 at 16:48 | vote | accept | Omar | ||
| Apr 11, 2017 at 15:53 | comment | added | 17 of 26 | It's also worth noting that on all medical forms, you specify allergies by the checking ones that you have, not the ones that you don't have. Checking allergens that you want to avoid would be consistent with that. | |
| Apr 10, 2017 at 22:41 | comment | added | jered | @Omar I don't think so. It's a fairly common pattern to have users select something they want to avoid or remove. In the context of a dietary plan I think it would be pretty clear what selection is being made. I added another possible solution with dropdown menus which makes it more explicit. | |
| Apr 10, 2017 at 22:40 | history | edited | jered | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 10, 2017 at 22:31 | comment | added | Omar | Any concern that this form makes it appear as though you want what you selected given the check mark next to each item? | |
| Apr 10, 2017 at 22:27 | history | answered | jered | CC BY-SA 3.0 |