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Alternative to using cards or tables for displaying different data/info
The problem
Our product currently uses a lot of data tables to show information to our users. We also have a lot of metrics and numerical data that we also display that is often clickable that filters ...
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How to expand data table when only 2 columns have data that can be expanded on?
I have a data table where you can click to expand upon the row. Two out of my four columns have data that can be expanded upon if the column is set to enabled. If disabled, there is no additional data ...
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Selecting products from hierarchy
We have a hierarchy of products (documents) where there is a global library at the top that consists of all the products we have, a user’s account library that is a subset of the global products, and ...
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What's the best way to display multiple tags/labels in a table row?
We have screen in our application which displays all files uploaded. Each file is able to be assigned tags (as many as needed) which can help with filter and search. Tagging is assigned via the ...
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How do you show multiple error messages specific per row of an XML import?
Currently, I'm working on an import function to migrate users from one system to our system.
I've checked the post input, and there is a possibility that there can be 39 error messages per person. In ...
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Best practises for tables with header titles in both axis (vertical/horizontal)
For tables/matrix in printed paper is very common to see the 2 axis/header titles separated by a diagonal bar
Also common to see in printed probability/impact matrix
However, HTML or excel(AFAIK) ...
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Icons for indication vs. icons for action
I'm working on some tables that use both non-clickable indication icons (the R and the Repeat icons on the left) and clickable action icons (the dollar sign and printer icons on the right). I think ...
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What is the best way to clear text inside a text box?
Usually When using expandable text boxes there isn't a way to clear them unless having a reset button underneath which won't work very well when displaying information in a grid.
What do you think is ...
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Data leveling UI suggestions
I m here looking for suggestions and design idea if someone can help please, Basically i m working on a screen that should display a lot of data defined by levels. Lets say we have a City with its ...
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Is a table a good idea for navigation?
We're discussing in my office about having a table where every row is clickable and used for navigation. Is that a good idea?
The context is:
"Users" are involved in "projects", a "project" contains ...
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Primary contact indicator in table
Let's suppose we have a table that shows a list of users and their basic contact information.
First Last 1 | Phone 1 | Address 1
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First Last 2 | Phone 2 | Address 2
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Expandable rows, quick view or modal to show a big section with details for a row in a table?
I have a table and in the first version of the implementation, I had expandable rows with info. In the new version, the client wants expandable sections in the section expanded because it is a lot of ...
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How to visualize versioned data?
I work at a SaaS company that has a product for entering accounting transaction data. We are building out a new feature for visualizing versioned data, and I am needing some help on how this could be ...
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Tables with a lot of data for small screen sizes
It is probably not just me who finds responsive tables barely readable when using small screen devices. In most of cases they look like in example #1.
I find this way completely impractical when ...
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Editable table in material design
we're designing a web application in material design and we have an editable table there - something like this:
Any suggestion on how to indicate the editable fields, if not all columns are editable? ...
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0 in count field for number of rows to display per page in a table view
I have a count field in my page whose screenshot is attached.
When I enter 0 it lists all the records and doesn't show the 0 in the count field.
What is the standard way or user satisfactory way to ...
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How to indicate that an item in a data table is urgent / very important?
We have a system that receives certain requests / tasks from customers. There are 2 types of tasks: Urgent and Non-Urgent.
What is the best way to display the task list so that it's easy to see which ...
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Display to a user the selection of multiple colors in a cell of a DataGridView
I have two DataGridView, the first containing a list of users the other containing colors.
First DataGridView (Users)
The second DataGridView (Colors)
By selecting a cell from the first ...
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Tree values in a table
In my team, we are working on a visualization of a tree structure on a table. The current design looks like in the picture:
The user can only see the closest tree branches but not the further ones. ...
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Create and edit M:N binding in large tables in GUI/Web app? [closed]
How to enable end-user to create M:N bindings for large multi-column tables?
In our case there are tables up to thousands items large. Each table has number of columns.
For example Cars (...
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How to create a custom textbox with a label and value
I am not a designer but I am dealing with a task to implement a functionality.
I have to develop a working UI where a user can enter values into text-boxes inside a grid. While entering these values ...
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How to design a fluid and loosely coupled data UI?
I need some advice with designing a view of a system with the following characteristics:
Lots of possible data ('label: information')
Data is quite loosely coupled, but there is some grouping
Only ...
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Delete all action in a table
I have a table with certain records as shown below :
If I select all the records and delete them via delete button,what approach is best for the after scenario's :
Retain the table headers and ...
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Telling user about action when clicking on a column in table
A table has a head row, which tells user the meaning of the column, like Google file table has name, id, mime type, created and modified date.
But, in addition to presenting information in the table,...
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Material Design data table filtering
How would you implement filtering in MD data table? Sorting, paging and searching is obvious but I need more complex filtering.
Should I put the filters on the table title or create a separate ...
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What is the best way to indicated a column's data is affected by the date range selected?
Our dashboard has data that is static such as names and full budgets and also has columns which are affected by the date range which is selected.
The user's attention always jumps to the same columns ...
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Best way to show tables with less data
We have several pages that display data in a tabular format. We have a standard table design that we follow that has footer which includes pagination.
What I would like to know is when we have less ...
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How can I accentuate values in this form to aid fast visual identification?
My web app has a need to display multiple values. Right now I find it hard to visually discern quickly.
Observe UI
Observe minimized html:
<table>
<tr>
<td>gpm</td>
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Examples of hierarchy in data tables and their usability
Has anyone come across data table UI design/patterns that also show some form of hierarchy? I am trying to think of examples similar to Excel, but used in web applications or mobile apps because it ...
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Display notes section in table of data without making the table huge
Im developing the ui that uses a table based layout for listing items, it needs quite a detailed notes section, the obvious thing would be just to have an input in a similar way to a cell in a ...
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Form input types for fast data-entry?
So, I have a form for doing data entry where there is a list of items which have three fields. The first two fields of each item are multiple-choice from five options, the third field is a simple ...