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Should I include ... at the end of input placeholders?
I've noticed designers using "..." at the end of inputs or search bars placeholders ("Enter your email address" vs "Enter your email address...") seemingly at random. Is ...
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What is the best way to change proportions?
I would like to find the best widget(s) to change proportions.
Let's say I have 2 to 12 parts that sum up to 100%. I would like to create a widget where the user could those parts as they want.
For ...
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How would you input sequential data?
Let's say I want a user to enter a sequence, such as boxing combos (e.g., jab-cross-hook) or even skateboarding tricks, along with individual moves/tricks, how would you go about designing the UX for ...
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Is using button styles for a text input bad practice?
I was recently presented with an interface that was using Bootstrap button classes for styling a text input, like so: https://jsfiddle.net/k7g2Lv43/
I personally really don't like it, and I feel like ...
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How should I allow a user to input a number where not all numbers are valid?
I have an application where users need to configure certain machine settings. One of these settings is an integer percentage value, from 1-100. Unfortunately, for historical reasons, we're not ...
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What are alternate UI/UX for Knobs?
I'm working on UI/UX which has mainly On knobs. I'm thinking to keep alternative for knobs. What are suitable alternative for knobs (Other than sliders).
For example The figure below shows Two knobs ...
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What is the best location on a form for an information icon?
I am trying to create a form for my web app, which requires information elements to be added. In general I would refer to the documentation of the framework that I would be using (which in my case ...
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How to use input fields that automatically get a value while filling in the form?
Imagine we have an inventory management system. It contains a form where the user can fill in a placed order. The order has some properties like:
Date
Supplier
User who ordered it
Total price
VAT (...
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How to represent an abstract data type in a form?
I'm building a graphical tool for programmers to ease the use of a library. The library has a data type which I will call AbstractType that all types inherit from - Image, File, etc. The list of ...
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Do users understand when a title is a button
I have a filter and sort feature on a particular website, and the current layout is as follows:
Of course, I want to reduce elements to as few as possible, so my question is should a layout like this ...
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UI for Inputting Numbers Efficiently
I am developing a web app that requires a lot of numeric adjustments to be done very quickly by a user.
Here is an example:
Possible Solution
The only reasonable suggestion I could come up with is ...
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Distinguish between read only and disabled state of an input
I'm trying to implement a time picker in which I'm using a read only text-box initially to indicate that user cannot enter input rather he should click on the input to select time from drop-down.
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Input of sequential data
I am currently working on a dialog where the user inputs a sequence of names. This sequence is simulated in the underlying code as the user types, and "issues" with the sequence are printed below the ...
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Designing date inputs that can also be null
I am developing an application in which administrators can report absence for people. Absence can be planned absence, like a week of conference or so, this would be entered with a period. Eg. two date ...
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Best way to make many boolean selections
I'm making a tool that crops images at various sizes. Currently, I use checkboxes to show the different sizes, but this will grow unwieldy when I add more crop sizes.
What's the best way to show all ...
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Best design for a list with 8 fields for numeric input in a same row
I'm designing a web application where a user needs to add more then 15 football players in a list. For each player user needs to enter values in 8 different fields in each row. It is usually about 50% ...
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IP address with port input
I'm working on a desktop application which requires to enter an IP V4 address plus a port to define an UDP socket (port is an integer value between 0 and 65535).
This is a scientific operation, users ...
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Improvement tracker or: How I Learned to Stop Being a Jerk to the User
I'm planning a program (not sure if it will run on smartphones or just PC ) to keep track of user defined task and it's progress.
I want it to be less bossy, but still give the proper incentive to ...
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Is it a good idea to make file path edit box multi-line?
I think it might be useful to make file path edit box in my program multi line, because file paths can be quite long, and when they don't fit the user has to scroll text left and right with cursor ...
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Complex Data Input form with random amount of fields - how to lay out
I have a need to design complex research data web input form. The specification is such, that I have about 7-10 obligatory fields (inputs, dropdowns, etc), and unspecified optional fields. Let's say ...
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Should dates be displayed with a time entry?
I'm working on a project where there are numerous time entries for a given a record.
The times are stored in the database as timestamp, however for display and editing it's clutter to display the ...
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Best way of making a credits transfer dialog
I am designing a dialog which would allow user to transfer credits from his account to "an object's account". Transfer is only in one direction -- after you confirm transfering credits to an object's ...
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Select between page and object on it when both have same boundaries
ON the UI that I’m designing, I have a page and there could be multiple rectangles on the page like shown below:
A page can be selected by clicking on its boundary. Similarly, a rectangle can be ...
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Entering any two of four inter-dependent values
While designing a garden landscape, I want users to be able to define a slope of the terrain.
There are four values users can enter:
Run - the horizontal distance along the depth of the slope
Rise - ...
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Select numerical value with +/- buttons or manually entering?
The design I'm working on has the user assigning a value to each item, then if the value is more than 1, a second dependent attribute appears (as shown). I want the numbers to be large and not default ...
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Best UI to allow expert users to enter an ip address? (IPv4)
I am working on a web application which requires users to enter an IPv4 address (in dotted-quad decimal notation) for most of the primary tasks they need to perform. Our primary target "user" is a ...
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Is there research into how the UI of content input (email, tweets etc) affects the actual content created and how can you improve it?
On the project I'm working on (Q&A platform), we're trying to get users to spend more time on their answers. We want to encourage longer form helpful replies, rather then spur of the moment short ...
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Combining email and phone inputs into a single text field
Let's say you want to combine both email and phone input into a single text field because you require either or, not both. What's the best way would you approach this? As far as making it clear ...
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"Modernizing" legacy applications and legacy users
I'm tasked with modernizing many older UNIX based applications to new, web-based applications. The UNIX applications are completely keyboard-based (ie. "04" to select the fourth application, "Enter" ...
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