Questions tagged [hyperlinks]
Hyperlinks indicate that clicking on a piece of text or image will take you to related information.
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Menu with dropdown, root element clickable?
I have two options for a dropdown but I'm not sure which one is the best from an usability standpoint. In option (A) there is a explicit "Our services" link which goes to a page with general ...
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'More Info' button vs. Making the entire table row a link
I have a large table (14 columns) on my site. I want each row to link to a different page. What is the best way to let a user know that clicking a row will take them to a page related to that row?
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Are people more likely to click on a link with a complete title?
I have a small section in the sidebar in which some links (not all) can become too long and use up multiple lines, I'd like to know whether it matters and how much it maters if I cut these off to keep ...
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Why arrow direction is changed on hover of menu links?
Even after designing hundreds of sites I can't understand why it is good to change the direction of arrow in menu dropdowns.
Here I'm talking about hover event.
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Does styling HTML buttons as links cause any user interface problems?
When designing a web interface the most obvious way to allow user to do something is providing him with a hyperlink:
Click <a href="/Actions/DoSomething">here</a> to do something
when ...
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Linking text to one another within documents [closed]
I'm making a package extension for an IDE with a functionality that allows the end user to link separate pieces of syntax to one another, and post a comment/question regarding those two pieces of ...
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What should I look for in a custom link shortner domain name?
I have a couple of logs in the fire for startups and expansions of my current endeavors. They are all web-based or mostly web-based enterprises, but I find myself thinking with a few of them that a ...
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eCommerce product lists - read more buttons or no buttons?
On a product list where the only option to add to cart is through the product detail page - would a button on the card in the list hurt or improve UX / conversion. Some sites use "buy" on the list, ...
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How can web interface for resetting programmatic access keys protect users from accidentally repeating the action?
There's a web service for data processing. It has two interfaces. One of them is a web interface for users registering, paying with PayPal, etc, it uses regular username plus password authentication. ...
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What is the best position for a submenu in a page with a sidebar?
I'm currently working on a project in which navigation positioning is key for the UX flow of the user. I've been trying several options, but I'm not sure I've found a solution that captivates the ...
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Styling visited links - useful for visitors to know where they have been?
I have always kept the style of my links the same, whether the link has been visited or not. But I was navigating a site I use often, and trying to work out where I had been. It occurred to me, if it ...
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Best way to display a coming soon link
I have a link in my navigation and I want users to know that that link is soon to be uploaded. I displayed a badge next to it saying the message but it brings too much attention. What's the most ...
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Making links easier to click on mobile devices, mobile devices help
I designed my website several years ago. I quite like it but have noticed it is not optimal for mobile devices.
http://isometricland.net/homeworld/homeworld.php
I am thinking the text links in the ...
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Where to put a link for trouble reporting?
I have a dialog box for trouble reporting, i.e. the user clicks a link and a dialog box pops up. The user will have to fill out a form and then click submit.
Where should I put a link like this? I ...
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Difference between clickable words "link" or "website" vs. having the actual clickable URL?
What would be the advantages/disadvantages to the two?
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What are the UX implications of putting a web link in a mobile app's navigation menu?
I've been asked to add a link to a third party website within the main nav menu of our mobile apps. We sell our core products within the app, but other fringe products are sold through a third party ...
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What is considered best practice for using color in website text?
I'm in charge of a website that looks more or less like this:
It needs some work, but I'm mostly worried about defending one aspect of the design: keeping the text black or at least grayscale. My ...
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Do redundant links help with hidden navigation on mobile?
Our designs tend to use the standard hamburger navigation for mobile sites (although I'm going to push to move into some alternatives in the future).
I'm aware that hidden navigation results in worse ...
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How to link from read-only table without confusing users?
tl;dr Is there a way of linking from a read-only table to a settings section, without potentially confusing the user?
I have a table that exists to show a user of an internal tool an overview of ...
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How can I make it more obvious that these are links?
I'm finally adding another page to a website I own, naturally this requires the ability to navigate to/from the two pages of the website.
I've completed a simple navigation bar that blends into the ...
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When to open link in new tab?
There are links, buttons, images and much more that directs users to new pages.
In my opinion, it should always stay in the same tab unless it's a PDF or download item. But when is it acceptable to ...
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Anchor tag accessibility on SO
I noticed this question on SO Meta, and I was curious what the best solution would be. I understand the accessibility concerns, and I would like to see the need met, but I'm not terribly fond of text-...
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Opening up external links on mobile web: same tab vs new tab
On desktop, the most commonly used practice is for external links to open in new tabs.
On mobile, tabs are less accessible and I have serious doubts that the average user knows how to use or ...
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When is it recommended to give a Continue Anyway link
For the pages that are not mobile optimised (the operations that are done on the page should be only from a desktop. Imagine some kind of a development tool which would be used only from a desktop and ...
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Footer links necessary if navbar is fixed on small business website?
I'm developing a website for a friend's startup. It's a really small website with only 4-6 pages. Currently I have designed the website with a fixed navbar (and a fixed menu toggle button on mobile).
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Improve accessibility for hyperlinks - use title or alt or both?
I'm just asking about plain hyperlinks (not images as mentioned in Should html links with images have both title and alt attributes?)
I'm considering adding title for hyperlinks.
Should I add alt ...
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What is the practical consideration and impact on user experience when the designer makes the logout link/button difficult to access?
It seems like many websites go to great lengths to make the logout link/button very difficult to find or click on. For returning users hiding the logout link/button doesn't make sense because they ...
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Blue text - link?
Quick question! Is it OK to use blue text color if the text is not a link?
Example:
Would you assume that the blue text is a clickable link?
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Distinguishing spell check from link
I want to display misspelled words within text in HTML that are detected by a spell checker. I simply put the misspelled words in a <span> element, and made the color red, and the text-...
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How to display deep nested forum names?
In the backend of the company-intranet there is an area where you validate the rights of an user. Since the intranet comes with a forum, you can set rights for users to moderate a specific forum.
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How to change our design or content that users open our website when they see the content? [closed]
Maybe the title is not clear; Because the subject is a little special
We are well ranked website and our users are really important for us, and we really care about them. We even don't advertise on ...
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Should html links with images have both title and alt attributes?
I understand it is generally a best quality practice to have title tags for hyperlinks and alt tags for images. This is good for several reasons: additional information for low bandwidth users, ...
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Non Clickable Navigation Menus
I am building a website in wordpress. My website navigation have few main menu's and 2 main menus have their submenu's. Each main menus and sub menus redirecting to their corresponding pages except ...
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Should I link to home from home? [duplicate]
On all my pages, I have the logo in the top left corner. As is consistent with most sites online, it links back to the homepage.
However, I need to decide between one of two things:
Have the link ...
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External link to a bookmark
Sample code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Another Website Name</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Fruits</h1>
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Are QR codes more effective than text links in any particular setting?
I'd love to see some conversion comparisons pitching QR codes against regular text URL's.
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Linking multiple third-party accounts for a mobile app?
My user wants to access personal content from her Spotify, Soundcloud and other third-party accounts through one native mobile application. Imagine a music player for any personal library.
The ...
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What does *data* show to be the best way to write hyperlinks in article text?
Here are some possible ways to embed a link in a sentence within an article. (The intended link text is just bolded here, rather than actually linked to something.)
"A good first step is to perform a ...
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Do I need to show a selected state in main navigation?
I'm working on a large, content-heavy website with multiple levels of navigation and was having a discussion with the designer about selected states in navigation. She said that since we have ...
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Denote case sensitivity on printed media
I made some business cards for my wife for her balloon twisting side business. Nothing too professional as is it just something she likes to do on weekends.
She has a Facebook page that she just ...
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Naming of links line in social media
In many social media applications there are lines of links or buttons, such as favorite, share, like etc.
Sometimes there have additional information such as the number of times an action has been ...
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Change focus when creating "jump to content" link for usability? [closed]
I have a link which is normally hidden but is revealed for users using keyboard navigation. This link jumps them past the header menus etc into the main page content. This is a similar example:
http:...
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Properly linking to another web page from your home page hero section
I have a slight issue/disagreement with my client as far as how to add a link on the hero section that takes them to another part of the site. Before I continue, observe this web page
Notice I have a ...
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Is there a reason for drawing Material Design flat buttons like plain text?
In the MD specifications are listed two types of buttons:
flat buttons
raised buttons
the flat buttons are usually with black text, making them look like simple not clickable text (for someone).
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multiple ways to do the same thing
Using multiple icons to mean the same thing. Its a pretty common UX technique to allow for users with different types of mental model to be able to navigate; some people like top menus, others icons ...
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Correct Use Of Alt Text When Image Is A Link [duplicate]
In a situation where an image is an important feature of the page, but also acts as a link to a page containing a high-res version, how should its alt tag be populated.
In this instance it needs to ...
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What's the best way to show multiple options for opening a codebase?
I'd like to give users of a desktop app I'm working on the option of accessing their local code either through the Windows Explorer/Mac Finder or through the command-line, what's the best way to do ...
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Shouldn't the logo be linked to the About page of a website? [duplicate]
For example the Apple logo takes you to the homepage of apple.com from any page.
Even I link the logo to the homepage, but doesn't it make more sense if we link it to the about page?
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Links in a page pointing to same page? (as in Stack Exchange questions' title)
Example: (questions' title here are an example indeed)
You're in ux.stackexchange, reading the question Links in a page pointing to same page? (as in Stack Exchange questions' title) You can ...
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What should be emphasized - description or the hyper link?
Signature which I have on other fora:
Interested in Drawing, Painting, and Crafts?
Please Commit to the Arts and Crafts Stackoverflow proposal.
All the font is Impact.
The words "Drawing, ...
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