Timeline for Using mixed radio and checkbox buttons - is there any efficiency or usability gain in the design?
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| Apr 18, 2018 at 15:31 | answer | added | KyleMit♦ | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 7, 2016 at 7:41 | comment | added | JustAnotherPM | It seems that it is more of a sequential process. The user selects Option A or B and then chooses the relevant option 1,2,3. Why not have this as a sequence? Make him choose A/B and then only show the corresponding list | |
| Dec 7, 2016 at 3:23 | history | edited | Michael Lai♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 5, 2015 at 22:06 | answer | added | IronBasset | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 7, 2015 at 15:55 | answer | added | user67695 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 7, 2015 at 0:55 | answer | added | DripDrop | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 6, 2015 at 23:50 | comment | added | Michael Lai♦ | @DA01 I can't think of any examples outside of contextual form fields. But I am not prepared to rule out that it is not a suitable pattern for some other purposes, which is why I am looking for any other input or answers for this question. | |
| Jan 6, 2015 at 23:20 | comment | added | DA01 | I think that's more along the lines of (what I call) contextual form fields. In that particular example, I'd simply show the two radio buttons. If YES was selected, I'd then progressively reveal the sub-question which would entail the checkboxes. It's not so much a question of efficiency but of context. (That said, web site surveys tend to be good examples of bad form design in general... :) ) | |
| Jan 6, 2015 at 22:59 | comment | added | Michael Lai♦ | I found this example for an airline's online survey. I think the question was something like whether you used the in-flight entertainment system. So the option was NO (for the radio button) or you used the checkboxes to indicate the types of devices you used to access the system. | |
| Jan 6, 2015 at 22:25 | comment | added | DA01 | Do you have any real world examples of this? I'm also not clear as to where you feel there's a difference in 'clicks' between the two. They appear to require the same amount of clicks (though note that we should rarely assume # of clicks is a key factor). As for which layout is 'better' I think it's entirely dependent on the context of the data being selected. | |
| Jan 6, 2015 at 22:14 | history | asked | Michael Lai♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |