Questions tagged [filter]
Reduction of a set of data, based on certain criteria
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Search Vs. Filter- what is the difference
From the view of the user (not from a technical view)- What are the main differences between searching and filtering data, in order to get specific results?
i.e.- in both cases the user is looking ...
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Adaptive UI vs. recognizable UI
I'm reading a thesis which discusses Task-focused user interfaces. They discuss an application which adapts/filters views based on relevant items determined by an interaction history. They prove their ...
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Building logical criteria (with AND , OR, etc)
I am looking for inspiration on this. We have a Dot.Net web application, where we are building pretty complicated criteria. It works, but I would like to change this, re-shape this, possibly from the ...
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Is the "filter" icon widely recognised by users?
Note: I'm NOT asking for an icon suggestion.
I'm designing an online menu for users to order their food at a restaurant. I'm also including a filter so that they can apply their dietary preferences. ...
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Adding "Select..." as first option (placeholder) of dropdown list
Would it be considered a good practice to add the word "Select..." as the first option of a dropdown list? I think it's redundant and not at all necessary and what is in the dropdown list should be ...
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How to indicate a table is missing rows that have been filtered out?
Do you know of any aesthetically-pleasing and effective ways of indicating that a table's contents have been filtered, without the filter information getting in the way?
Some background on my ...
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Which is the correct way to implement faceted search filtering: links vs checkboxes?
Is there a difference between implementing filtering options using links (or radio buttons), ie. you can only check one, versus using checkboxes?
For example: Youtube uses links, you can only select ...
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Searching with mandatory filters
I'm having trouble designing a search box with two mandatory filters/categories before the user hit the "go" button.
So far, the best solution I could come up with was this one:
I've presented the ...
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If the user has set a search filter, but the data is N/A, should it be shown
For example,
Say the site is for searching cars for sale, one of the filters is "only show black cars", if there's a car listed which doesn't have a color specified, should it be included in the ...
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Filtering results with checkboxes
A colleague of mine and I have had a discussion about filtering with checkboxes on one of our sites.
We use a number of checkboxes to allow the user to refine a search, by selecting their areas of ...
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How should the filter feature manifest itself in google material design tables
I've checked the material design documentation but there is no clear indicator that I can see to tell me what happens if I click on the .
Here's the icon in situ.
I want to know what the interface ...
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Move filter from sidebar to top?
Has anyone moved their sidebar filter (similar to eBays filter, left example) to the top (YouTube example)?
How did the users respond? I'm tempted to put it on top to keep the UI clean and tidy, but ...
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How can we visually improve the nested rule/predicate builder?
This has been discussed a bit here: Building logical criteria (with AND , OR, etc) - but we felt the examples left a lot to be desired.
Apple (with their hidden nested rules/predicate builder) in ...
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Filter by dietary preferences
I'm designing dietary preferences filter for a food ordering app. unlike regular filters where users want selected filters to show, in this case the users will be selecting what they DO NOT want in ...
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How to accomodate and/or with brackets in field filtering system
I am building a filtering system for a report and am trying to find a way to incorporate and/or logic when both are to be mixed.
In essence, a very simple filter might be:
Select field 1 from table ...
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Extensive filtering on search results page
I'm just working on a quite complex interface. There are/will be tons of items in it and there is a massive search feature. Search is filterable just like on Ebay or Amazon etc. Filters are very ...
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Default filtering behavior: Everything displayed or everything hidden?
We have a selection field on our website. And today we had a discussion at the office about our filter options when the user is facing the filter options for the first time.
Option A
No filters are ...
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Is there a name for this instant filter search pattern?
I've been trying to find a jQuery plugin which creates behavior similar to that of Stack Exchange user searches. The user search used on Stack Exchange sites is not an auto complete, but is more akin ...
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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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How to prevent bias toward top filter results?
We have a part of our intranet that lists all the foreign language speakers within the organization that fellow employees can reach out to if they need translation assistance. Naturally, there are ...
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What is the best position for clear filter button in a filter list
Here I have an example screen for filters in an overlay where clear filter button (which appears only when any of the filters is checked) is below the list of filters. Is it ok to place it here or ...
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"All" vs. "Any" for a choice which indicates lack of filtering
I have a table of items that can be filtered by many aspects, one of which, for example, is status. The filter is represented by a dropdown, where the default option is to not filter by any status.
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Should we prioritize use or linguistic?
I've been working on a project, and I found an interesting dilemma.
The application I'm working on has this filter, let's say something like this:
By default, none of the "options" are selected, ...
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Which color swatches best help users filter products?
I'm currently working on a design for a product filter, and one of the attributes will be color. Products will have any of several dozen specific colours, but it makes more sense to give users a ...
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Progressively Filtering Options
I am modelling a selection from a product matrix. The customer envisions this as a series of dropdowns, which progressively filters what is available in a subsequent dropdown.
So for example, the ...
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Does a list of checkboxes necessarily mean multiple choices?
I'm currently reviewing the usability of an e-commerce website. When the user searches a product, filter options are provided to refine his search.
The following list of checkboxes is available:
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Filtering vs. Sorting?
I'm creating a e-commerce site that will have different experiences for consumers and business owners. We're designing the business interface to allow them to quickly research existing and future ...
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Best UX approach for filtering product categories?
Lets say you have a typical set of product search results, and a typical sidebar with various checkboxes for you to filter and limit your search results. Something like the example of the left of this ...
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Combining breadcrumb and selected facets/filters into one
Given a site with faceted-search, etc. I want to display the facets a user has selected, not only as part of the faceted-navigation controls (left vertical) but also at the top of the page.
Showing ...
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Are there Material Design best practices for Filtering/Sorting in a Tab Layout?
What I’m trying to do
I’m trying to find out what the Material Design best practices are for adding independent filter and sort options to EACH tab in a tab layout.
What I have proposed
I’m proposing ...
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What's the best option to reset a filter?
I'm currently working on a faceted search and I'm wondering what is the best way to reset a filter. Please see my sketches below for a better understanding:
1. Add a 'All' checkbox at the top of the ...
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User choosing frequency-based thresholds
As part of a site's advanced filters, I want to give people the ability to filter based on the frequency of results. i.e. "show only results that occur at least once per month" or "show only results ...
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Should searching a table include hidden columns?
I have a table accompanied by a search component. The table is filtering items upon typing according to the following rule:
If at least one of the item properties contains the text at the search box -...
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Which is better to design a Filter?
Which is better for filter, select a single value:
Check box ( Use js to keep single selection )
Dropdown list
Radio buttons
Highlighted labels
download bmml source – Wireframes created with ...
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An important default filter being set - should a "Clear" button clear this important filter?
Working on a system that has a TON of data - and trying to optimize it since so much data comes out of it. There are a lot of filters in this system and all data was returned, bad I know. In any ...
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Apply filters immediately or after confirming with a button? [duplicate]
What is the proper way to filter data in an application?
The example displays a case where the filter shows the population for the selected city.
Automatically filter data when selection ...
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Search/Filter for automotive search
I'm creating a search form for an automotive website, and we want to use auto-suggest to recommend filter sets to refine the data. I've never designed search results that also incorporate search ...
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UX for filtering a table of data
I have a table of data that can be filtered by name, location or status.
The data of each of these columns will be obvious to the administrators of the Portal (i.e that the first column is child's ...
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Filtering through a large table of data, thoughts?
Example: I have a large amount of data, such as a library of blog posts, or a massive amount of contacts, I am thinking that a data table visually would be the best way to display all this data, it is ...
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Alternatives to dropdown list when possible results are not known
For quite some time I've been looking around the web for alternatives to a dropdown list in assignment of data (i.e., during data capture that will be saved, NOT when searching for some data).
One ...
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Should we explicitly or implicitly save filtered search criteria for re-use?
We are redesigning filters in our file search engine. Currently there are 3 options like file source, size and, date added.
We observed that many users use the same combination of filters every time ...
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user interface for multiple selection filter?
I have a user interface where there is a field with multiple options. There are a great many options so I'm using a type-ahead filter to assist discovery and selection.
Is there any another good way ...
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How to indicate AND and OR in a search form
I am designing a search form where the user has to indicate if the field is required or optional, this will affect the way the query is built. For example if the user marks the field as required, in ...
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Searching for items that include/exclude an attribute
I have a list of items. These items have 1 or more colors (black, red, green or any combination of the three).
The user wants to filter the item on color. For example, show only the items that:
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Where to place list filter controls?
Suppose the user -- from a CMS backend WYSIWYG editor -- opens an Insert link-dialog. When having a list of possible link destination pages,
where would be an appropriate place to put filter ...
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Advanced search / save as filter
We have an advanced search in our app (~15 fields) and an option to save current search settings as a filter. Those filters can be selected from the dropdown and applied to current view - the advanced ...
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How to create a good filtering and sorting system when there are 30+ options to choose from
I have ~30 categories grouped into 3 groups. Each group contains about 10-15 categories.
Group A
Category 01
Category 02
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Group B
Category 11
Category 12
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Group C
Category 21
Category 22
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actual effects of "bozo room" anti-sock-puppet strategy
Recently a co-worker described to me a concept that he called the "bozo room" as a way to control spam, trolling and sock-puppeting in message boards, etc. I'd like to know if it has ever been ...
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How to handle filtering on table columns?
I am currently working on a pretty complex (and convoluted, I'll admit) table in terms of filtering. One of the options for filtering allows the user to filter on an item that is displayed as a column ...
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Price sliders vs. range links as a faceted search form element for filtering on price
When comparing a front-end jquery slider widget against a list of links that filter by price range, within the context of faceted searches that reduce the number of items in a catalogue, which of the ...
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