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Tagged with drop-down-list multi-selection
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Should selected options be removed from single- and multi-select dropdown lists?
In our application we're working with dropdown lists that may contain many options (sometimes around 200). Usually, these lists allow the user to select multiple entries whereas in other places of our ...
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Hide already selected options in the dropdown
In the case of a multi-select field, I would like to know the best practice:
Hide the choices that have already been selected (the list gets smaller as you go along)
Leave the choices already ...
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Combining single- and multi- select drop-down in one form. How to dismiss the drop-down?
How to dismiss the drop-down in single-select and multi-select cases?
For single-select, the obvious option is to dismiss the drop-down on selection.
For multi-select, drop-down should stay open on ...
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multi selection dropdown - with or without checkbox
I am working on a the design system of a large system for users that use it on a daily basis, and I want to define the multi select dropdown.
on one hand you can know in advance that you have multi ...
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Switching selection in a multiselect dropdown from all to the one user is hovering on
I am designing a dropdown menu in a report generation UI where the user has the option to select the seller he want's to see the report for. The control defaults to all sellers selected for the report....
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Best name for the option of adding item to multiple lists or a newly created list
I have a book that can be added to multiple reading lists or to a newly created one. The name of the option that does it is “Add to Reading List”. What would be the best name for such an option so it ...
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How to design nested selectlists with multi-item select
I'm designing a selectlist that allows you to select multiple levels simultaneously. It works fine for up to 3 levels:
This is just an example, in some instances this model would accommodate product ...
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Best way to represent multilevel multiselect location dropdown
I have this major UX issue, I have a set of locations with hierarchy
Country>
State> (Optional, to be placed if it makes the UX better)
City>
Neighbourhood>
I don't know ...
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How to show selected items list with the ability to remove them
I have the current design of items selection like this:
A user can select multiple items from different tag types. The checkboxes allow multiple selections of items from the list. When Tag type 1 is ...
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What is the best way to allow users select items from a very long list in a responsive web app?
Scenario
I'm designing a web app where the user adds predefined items from List A to a custom List B.
List A is over 100 items sorted alphabetically.
List B can be customized according to user needs.
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Why isn't Shift+Click able to select multiple consecutive ranges of items? [closed]
When selecting items in a list, we can click to select the first item, then use Shift+Click to select another item, then all consecutive items are selected.
If we want to select more, we can select ...
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In a multiselect dropdown; add/remove item to/from selection through checkbox only or include label
We have a discussion between UXers and developers:
UX:
In a multiselect dropdown one should add/remove item to/from selection through checkbox and clicking the label. When one wants to remove all or ...
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Adding an item to a pop up list
I have a form in which a user can select multiple tags via a pop-up window (multi-select with check boxes). The tags are maintained in admin/settings section. It is not a good experience if the user ...
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Assign every item in a list to a category on a smartphone
I'm currently trying to implement an OPML-Import in my rss-reader.
However, opml-files don't give any information about the "category" every item should be assigned to.
Therefore I got the problem ...
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How to provide a visual interface for all selections
We are designing a visual interface which allows you to multi-select a few objects (say 5) from a large list of objects (say 1000). We are currently showing this on a drop-down, but we also want to ...
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Pros & Cons? - Single dropdown VS double dropdown VS multi level dropdown
I’m working on an application with some complex dropdowns which have selectable main categories and sub categories. Some dropdown lists could have up to 40 options - which is quite intimidating to new ...
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Hierarchical multi-state tree check box selection
I'm searching for a good/alternative solution to handle multi-state selections in a check box tree. A normal check box tree is mostly doable, because it has three different states.
It might not be ...
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