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I am working on a component is part of a larger wizard. It is made up of nested tabs (only 2 levels deep). Here is a quick wireframe of the it:

tabs

The system I am working on is a refresh of an existing one. I have access to various reports and as a result of that I know that:

  • There will usually be between 1 and 4 locations (98% of records have up to 4)
  • Each location will usually have 2 to 3 opportunities (94% of records have up to 3 per location)

Obviously there are some outliers but they are pretty rare.

The form will be quite big so I'd rather not show multiple copies of it if I can avoid it.

Are there any alternatives that I have overlooked?

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  • I personally don't like the separation. My eye has to move a long ways to get location and opportunity. Lots of options for selecting from a set list - pull down, radio button.
    – paparazzo
    Oct 3, 2014 at 14:51
  • I don't see any reason for the variation in the design: Locations have separate title with Add function, then a tabbed list. Opportunities have only a tabbed list, with the Add function close by. Eye and mouse have to travel quite a bit... @DaveAlger's version is more consistent.
    – virtualnobi
    Dec 10, 2014 at 8:04
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    Also, some questions as to the process come to mind: This is about creation, but is it only about creation? Where are locations and opportunities changed? Here? You said it's "part of a larger wizard" - where does it have its controls? Are they just Previous/Next, or do you show steps as well? Also, is the inner form requiring wide space or does it look well when tall?
    – virtualnobi
    Dec 10, 2014 at 8:07
  • You may want to have a look here: ux.stackexchange.com/questions/14286/best-practices-for-tabs/…
    – Bart Gijssens
    Dec 10, 2014 at 8:25

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nested tabs

With only a few Locations and a few Opportunities I would probably just list two rows of links with the selected ones clearly visible. Something like this...

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  • This is pretty close to what I ended up going with.
    – boz
    Dec 12, 2014 at 9:35
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Another option is the following scheme:

Location Tabs

List of all opportunities for that location w/ search controls to display only one kind of opportunity or a combination of a few.

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