Timeline for What is the best icon to show that something can be dragged and reordered?
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| May 24, 2017 at 12:59 | comment | added | Adrian Long | I think it's also worth noting that the dotted pattern doesn't need to be particularly complicated. This is an approach which relies on some very basic skeumorphism for the idea of a grip-pattern being used on physical objects to suggest "hold me here" - even if it's not required to actually provide grip. Whilst skeumorphism is somewhat out-of-fashion at the moment due to overuse, this works. VisualFeaster's example from gmail is fundamentally the same with a simpler image and a smaller grab-handle - and that smaller grab handle might lead to more mis-touches. | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 9:15 | comment | added | Koert van Kleef | The dotted grip has the 'advantage' of keeping the same appearance when you have elements that can be dragged not only vertically but in any direction. If you differentiate between the direction of dragging (it does give a slightly better visual hint about what actions can be done but) it is less consistent across various drag actions. Agree with J. Dimeo about the conflicting connotation of the hamburger style bars. | |
| Dec 26, 2015 at 21:48 | vote | accept | leora | ||
| Jan 24, 2015 at 19:41 | history | edited | Roger Attrill | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 24, 2015 at 19:09 | history | edited | Roger Attrill | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 24, 2015 at 19:09 | comment | added | J. Dimeo | I would avoid the 3 bars since that's now the ubiquitous "hamburger" and can potentially imply a menu associated with each item for some users. The other dotted grip is great though. | |
| Jan 24, 2015 at 19:03 | history | answered | Roger Attrill | CC BY-SA 3.0 |