I am making a public movie review website and am having trouble presenting a filter/search form.
This is what it looks like right now. How can I better present it?
I am making a public movie review website and am having trouble presenting a filter/search form.
This is what it looks like right now. How can I better present it?
In your solution user cannot make a combination of filters because you are using a single drop down. Why you are using drop down because probably you didn't ask users what exactly they are looking for. For e.g. use case : user want to search and sort a movie which has 5 stars and has latest reviews and newest movie release cannot be possible with your solution.
What I suggest is break down similar filters:
Just grab 5 people and ask them what they would do when they read review site(you will get what filter they need). Or Test your prototype with them and implement their feedback.
I'd highly suggest faceted search pattern to solve the use case.
In your case presentation is only the problem means, you can use inline form style as given in the reference.
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