Questions tagged [inline-edit]
Inline edit is a design pattern that enables the user to edit text directly in the page without requiring going to a separate page or opening a dialog overlay. It makes the interaction more direct and intuitive as the user can edit the text in the same place where it is shown.
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Inline editing vs Edit view
I've seen this question asked a few times, but none that relate to my particular scenario. I'm working on a large, complex UI that involves many user types. For this screen, there are 4 types of users:...
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Inline editing or modal popup
I'm interested to know what would be best the option from a UX perspective. I have a table in which I need to decide if I should edit each row with inline editing where you can click on each item in ...
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Should edit details form be in a modal dialog or directly on the page?
I'm building a site that users can login and register on and on the Account Page I am implementing the Edit Details form. My question is, what would be best: the form be right in the page or in a pop ...
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Edit & save buttons - do I need them? where to place them?
I'm designing a simple app for the Android platform.
I have a page with some data, this page can be reached by two options:
create new page- input fields are empty
edit existing page- input fields ...
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Invite users to inline edit not only on hover?
It's very common to indicate to the user that they can "edit in place" by changing the style of the editable content when hovered over (e.g. adding a yellow background, "click to edit" tooltip, pencil ...
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Experience using dropdowns in-line of sentence "mad lib" style
Do you have experience implementing text inputs or drop-downs in-line with other text or forms? Is this approach any better than just creating a separate field/label?
In the example below the user ...
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Should I put view and edit on the same form?
We're working on a new management console for an online service. The management console consists of about 30 forms as well as lots of reporting and various other goings-on.
My developers have moved ...
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Summary Page - Should users be able to edit data on a summary page?
So, I'm working on this little project that has a task flow that includes a Summary page.
Here's the scenario:
User searches for something.
Application displays results.
User clicks on result.
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Affordance of Edit In Place functionality
I want to use contenteditable as an edit-in-place mechanism. However, I'm struggling with the usability of it. The problem is that once a user clicks on the area, it's not obvious that they can edit ...
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Prompt user to edit an inline-edit field
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Using an edit-in-place field for users to provide their name.
Problem
The phrase "Type your name" imperatively indicates that users can (and should!) type their name. However, unless the ...
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Double click to edit, but how to navigate?
We are working on a online dictionary tool, e.g. you have different dictionaries that you can browse.
Now we would like the possibility to in-place-edit the settings by double-clicking on the text. ...
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Add Another Item - best pattern for modals
For this application I am designing, we need to add one or many items to a grid. We have chosen to add the items via a modal dialog due to complexity in certain scenarios that would not be possible ...
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What is the best UI for overwriting previously saved values?
I am working on designing a standard for how overwrites should be handled on our software. I have come up with a couple different options for when a user needs to make changes to values that they ...
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