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If you have a PC game with keyboard input, how do you translate that to mobile?
I have an old game I wrote decades ago, which I'd like to port to mobile.
The inputs are basic, arrow keys to move around. However you can't easily do that on a mobile - eg you hold down right to ...
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Tap takes you to next screen VS Tap enables "Continue" button
I'm designing a flow that contains screens where the user has to select an option among the available ones. For now we will not allow to select more than one, but maybe in the future it will be ...
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Is there a name for a text input that lets a user input multiple values?
There is a type of text input that allows the user to enter an array of items, sometimes with autocomplete, usually adding a new "item" to the list either whenever the user presses space and/...
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Looking for an Android Keyboard Gallery?
I'm documenting some patterns for a mobile project, and I need a page that shows all the different keyboard layouts on mobile for Android specifically (Like number pad, phone number keyboard, etc.)
I'...
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Persistent textfield hint on input - Bad UX?
In my app users get suggestions for things they can put on their list of so called "self-affirmations", things that you read out to yourself to improve etc.
Background: It's been scientifically ...
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Mobile app requires user to pick a number (min: 10, max: 30, increment: 0.25). Should I use an input field, picker, or something else?
One of the requirements for my application is that the user has to pick one number between the ranges and in the increment stated above. If I did a mobile options picker, there'd be 80 options. Do you ...
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How can I improve a invoice capture and upload?
I'm creating the UX for an Invoice capture/upload to translate to text feature in a mobile application.
The journey that I have for now is:
User taps on "Invoice Upload"
Pop up with "Application ...
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Why inputs and text fields look different on desktop and mobile (IOS/Android)
I would like to hear from you why the view on mobile and web looks differently. And how inputs in IOS how to distinguish from string?
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How should I display two user inputs that depend on each other?
I'm writing a web application with HTML5/JS. On one page there are two numeric inputs (A and B) where input B must always be equal or higher than input A. So if the user enters 500 in A, B must be 500 ...
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What is the best way for a user to select an item by unique identifier?
My team and I are building a mobile app where the user will need to input a human-readable unique identifier (the serial number) of a single unit of inventory. Our system tracks the serial numbers ...
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Should form inputs expand to full width on smaller viewports?
When a viewport approaches smaller sizes, my first thought is to linearize and grow each form input, giving each input a full-width. This removes the UI hinting of the larger viewport, but arguably ...
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When to open the keypad by default?
To give an example - in stock Android when I click on New Contact, the focus(cursor) is on the Name field and one needs to tap on the field to open the keypad.
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In some Android devices, when I ...
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What would be a mobile friendly solution for a range slider with input controls?
I have a range slider with two input controls, each with a higher/lower button. The user should be able to make his input by sliding (fast but not accurate), typing into the inputs (average speed, ...
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Mobile Input: Numbers and Letters
First some context, I'm building an application that will be used by professionals working on cars. Each time they do this they are required to fill out a form, the goal of our mobile app is do to ...
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Show special keyboard view when entering a password on mobile devices?
Mobile operating systems typically show different virtual keyboards depending on context. The default keyboard might show A-Z, while a keyboard for entering a telephone number might show 0-9 (so you ...
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How to show this long input with prepend in Mobile which allows user to choose url name?
I'm working on a responsive website where I need to inform users that information he will fill in input will be used to create url for his campaign he is going to create.
That input looks like this.
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Asking a Yes/No/(N/A) Question
I seek a better solution for taking input for a three-state yes, no, or does not apply question for a survey I'm creating. My current solution looks like the following:
One requirement is that the ...
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Input controls within the bounds of a tappable tile
I have tappable tiles that navigate off to a different page in an app.
Within the bounds of these tiles I have input controls. Interacting with these input controls should have no effect on the ...
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Research/Data on mobile interactions vs. desktop forms?
I'm trying to find some usability studies or even anecdotal commentary on the difference in user preferences of interacting with a select list UI on the desktop vs. mobile.
Traditionally, on the ...
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Numeric input - alternatives to slider / text field for mobile game?
For our game the player's occasionally required to enter numbers. Sometimes it's the number of units to buy and in that case typically a number between 1 and 10,000, other times it's goods to buy, in ...
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Default Android input field styling
I have been showing a prototype of my app to a few people and am surprised by how many of them don't know where to type.
The main screen has three input fields and a search button.
I'm talking about ...
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Should you optimize mobile experiences based on individual handedness?
In abbood's question "How to implement a stack exchange style voting for mobile?" he answers his own question with the following mock-up:
My immediate thought was that the up-vote control was on the ...
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What solutions are there for a date picker on a responsive website? [closed]
We're working on a website that is responsive.
So my question is: What about datepickers. If we choose normal datepickers
Jquery Mobile date pickers don't look good on the full blow template.
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When are "hidden" usability improvements helpful vs. confusing/frustrating?
I just read an article about some bonus keys on the iPad's split keyboard. Obviously this seems like a great idea to prevent a usability issue from even happening. It seems like this could backfire ...
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Mobile: differentiating device-shake and touch-shake with sensible names
With mobile devices, there are (at least) 2 kinds of user actions that could be called "shake"
Shaking the device itself
Shaking some draggable item (à la Windows 7 shake-to-minimize-other-windows)
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What is the best interaction pattern for entering a range on a mobile phone?
I have a mobile application where I need to filter a list by a range. (Imagine a dating app where you want to filter people by age). How should one design the range picker?
A person should be able to ...
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The calculator app question: preventing users from entering illegal input
I know there are a number of ways to prevent users from entering illegal input: disabling buttons, showing warnings, and other solutions that fit the domain of the problem. However, the usual ...
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