Questions tagged [menu]
A menu is a list of commands presented to an operator by a computer system
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Best practice for a sub-menu in mobile
I'm a new UI designer and I'm trying to figure out how to make a sub-menu in mobile for an employer profile.
So basically the company/employer profile is like a LinkedIn approach but I'm having a hard ...
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Accommodating list view and map view of geographical locations on the same page
On a web page, where users must select geographical location so as to proceed with the next step, I'd like to provide both options of list view and map view. I'd like to cater to both preference ...
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What UX principles to apply to assess a sticky action menu at the bottom?
On the Awwwards website, I really like the sticky action menu at the bottom of the page (the black rounded box on the screenshot)
I think it is :
Close to the thumb on mobile, hence easy to reach
Not ...
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Are menus with no way to back out ever justified?
Here the user is pressing his finger down on the period (".") key.
Five choices pop up, and one in fact is then filled in for him in the above URL line.
But what if he doesn't want any of ...
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Should I use one nav tag or two?
The case: I have a menu, with slight differences between the mobile version and the desktop version. So, in the code, I have two unordered lists.
<ul class="Mobile">
</ul>
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Hamburger icon toggle switch for alternating between overview of menu and menu item
I am currently in a bit of a discussion at work about the above. We have a hamburger icon which contains an overview of different modes (one being a story). The default state of the interface is the ...
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"More" as a menu item
I'm dealing with a relatively large menu.
I'm thinking about displaying the more important items (6) and create a "More" item that displays the less important ones (5).
I've tried to make ...
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UI/UX for menu tab, 1 main function has only 1 sub-function and that sub-function also has just 1 sub-function
I have a context of a function menu for an auto-recruiting system(ATS) briefing below.
I have three function cards,
Position
Question Pack
Question.
The concept is that a Position includes some ...
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Website nivation with below mentioned terms, please give me a detailed suggestion for each navigation
All these terms (Breadcrumbs, Sidebars, Mega menus, Dropdowns, Tabs, and Accordions seem to be an important factor when creating sites and doing SEO, want to know if I am creating a site with ...
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What is the best way to design nested multi-select checklist for touch devices with capability to preview?
We are designing a multi-select nested checklist for a touch kiosk application. In this checklist, we have multiple parents and these parents are selectable/checkable but when we tap on them, they get ...
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What is the name of the type of menu used for Slack emoji reactions on mobile?
What is the correct term for the type of menu that is used for Slack's emoji reaction picker on mobile devices? The menu comes up from the bottom, can be pulled further up to the top of the page, and ...
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Hiding and showing menu items in an application based on state
I have an interface with a list of menu items which will take a user to different product features. The features a categorized as follows:
Feature' access is controlled with user role (roles don't ...
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Usability disadvantages to an Opera-style menu as the standard navigation model for web sites?
Premises:
(1) Opera-style menu refers to a navigation menu which shows or hides when you click anywhere on the left edge of the application window. It must have been introduced by the original Opera ...
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What's the name of a side contents that changes heading as you scroll down the page?
I want to learn more about contents menus like the one on the right of the apple developer guidance that moves as you scroll down, but I can't find the right terms to search for: https://developer....
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Select menu with only one option
I have a form that contains a select dropdown that requires the user to select from a list of locations.
However, there are instances where there is only ONE location. What is the best way to display ...
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Chevron Usage in Menu Items
In a banking mobile app, all menu items have chevrons but some of them open bottom sheet instead of going to a new page. In the example below, Menu Item 1 can open a bottom sheet where as Menu Item 2 ...
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Menu Items Capitalization Title Cases vs Sentace Cases [duplicate]
I've come across varied examples of menu items using title cases for capitalizing words and others use sentence cases for menu items
For example, macOS mainly uses title cases for menu entries across ...
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Context Menu Order of Common File Commands - Specifically Save and Close
Thoughts on the order of common file commands in a context menu?
Close
Save
Save and close
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Save
Save and Close
Close
What is more commonly used in a Context Menu? Close or Save.
Adobe apps seem to ...
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Methods or Tools to Determine a Menu's Item (Command) Sorting
If user input is not available. Any tools or techniques to use to determine menu item order?
Most used commands towards the top, but is there a way to determine this without end-user input?
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Web App Main Menu Should Contain All Commands
Looking for insight or sources that might support that an application's main menu should contain or at least attempt to contain all commands available in the application.
Any sources to support this? ...
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Should I use kebab or meatball menu in desktop?
Is there a "rule" or "design consensus" regarding the use of kebab or meatball menu in desktop design? I want to use kebab menu because it looks better than meatball but want to ...
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Complex multiple select menu solution that includes "anyone" OR "multiple choices." Anyone includes unassigned (not shown) options
Here is an awkward scenario.
Imagine a form field for setting who can receive an email.
The primary need is that anyone in particular job type groups can receive (Job 1, Job 2, Job 3).
However, there ...
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Global Settings Menu VS Context Settings Menu
I am working on a web app that offers a set of photo filters.
I want to offer as frictionless an experience as possible and minimize the number of clicks / actions required for the user to perform ...
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Right Menus vs Main Menu Entries
Interested in any method or insight into the best way to determine what menu items are contained in a context menu compared to the main menu. Should both menus contain all the same entries depending ...
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UX exercise/ method to determine menu entries for an application?
Are there any UX exercises to determine what menu items may be missing in an application. Also any methods to best group menu entries in an application?
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Should a 'Profile' menu ever contain navigation links specific to the user (e.g. 'My Reports')?
I’m new to the community and fairly new to UX design in general and would really appreciate some input…
I’m designing a new navigation for an eLearning platform. It’s a comprehensive site, with all ...
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Studies demonstrating efficacy of a top-to-bottom sort order in a multi-column list
I'm working on a UI that has a list of items (a dozen years) in a multi-column list.
I know from past research that users will read list of items across columns top-to-bottom rather than left-to-right....
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How to distinguish between a selected and important menu item?
If you wanted a user to distinguish if a menu item is important and not selected.
How will you represent the difference between the selected and the important menu item?
The only idea I would come up ...
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Are there disadvantages to intercepting click and hover events when menu is open?
When a menu (application menu or context menu) is open some applications intercept all clicks and mouse hover events, while others do not.
For example if you open a website on Chrome (on Ubuntu - I am ...
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is there a limit of list items displayed on mega menus?
So I've redesigning this web that has a lot of menus (> 100 menus total in my app). Is there a limit of list items displayed on mega menus?
and what should be the best behavior for "See More&...
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Full width nav bar vs fixed width
I see a lot of websites where the main content and main menu bar (logo, menu, login/signup) have a fixed max width, even when the user is on a wide monitor (>= 1920px). The logo lines up with the ...
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Linking a sub-menu item to another main menu item
I saw this in a wireframe from a team that was designing the menu of a website and saw a weird behaviour where one of the item in the drop down menu linked to the next main element in the menu.
I have ...
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Examples for a modern home screen in a Windows desktop application?
I have a 15 year old Windows desktop application, and I'd like to refresh the look of it to be more modern, in line with current trends in UI design.
The main functions are launched from a home screen ...
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Download a single invoice vs multiple behavior
I have a table which display all of the user's outstanding invoices.
Currently, the user is allowed to select one or multiple invoices that they can either download (PDF format) or pay all at once.
I ...
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What's the best practice for placement of settings menu in a webapp or website?
I was wondering is there any reason behind placing "settings" alongside other menu items and placing it inside profile or some other menu? Can anyone tell me what's the difference?
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What should be on the top bar of a Web site?
The top bar of a site shows links that the user uses a lot.
Here is Stack Exchange's top bar:
This shows links that are of interest for the user:
Stack Exchange homepage
Search box
Link to user ...
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Correct breadcrumbs structure for the dropdown navigation
Situation - navigation menu that contains both single links and dropdown.
I used colors as an example (in the real product these are not colors).
I'm designing breadcrumbs, and the tricky part is, ...
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drop down menu or search functionality when the number of options for selection is more than 60
My user/customer is a doctor and when registering must submit his/her specialty.The specialties are about 70.
Given that number(70) what do you think is better...a dropdown menu or an input that has a ...
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How to showcase additional menu level items within the current menu UI without breaking it
We have an app that lets users modify their face as they are taking selfies.
Under the Beauty option, users have the option to Smooth their skin, add Lipstick, edit Eyes, etc. The user can see in real ...
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Accordion link best practices
I'm working on improving my company's outdated filterable accordions on our intranet. I've been putting together some best practices, but have run into a bit of a roadblock. I can't seem to find ...
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Are dynamic menus an anti-pattern?
I'm analyzing the menu of construction management software. I don't know if I don't have the same user mental models and what was the research behind those decisions, but I wonder based on HCI and ...
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What would users feel comfortable to see first in navigation
Reading about object-oriented UX and audience based navigation, I am still not sure how to approach the following problem:
I am building a careers section of a web site, where I must present job/...
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Is reversing the menu order on mobile navigation a good idea?
I work at a place where they are keen on reversing the order of the navigation items on mobile menus.
The menu is at the bottom of the screen, and the order is reversed, so Home (basically the three ...
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Desktop application that uses both a Ribbon and a Menu?
I know the Ribbon was intended to replace the conventional menu, but are there any examples of desktop applications which attempted to use both? If so, how was the end result? Was it a nightmare? Did ...
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UI/UX Secondary menu with a single entry
I have a question of ux/ui design : is it a good practice to use a dropdown menu in a vertical 3 dots button with only one option in there ? Is there an alternative?
Example :
A page allowing to edit ...
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How many kebab menus (more options menus) can you fit in on one screen?
I have just joined a new project and designed a part of the interface where users can see original text and translated text side by side.
The app itself has a top bar with Logo, Profile, More Options ...
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What is the best way to include Primary navigation element in to sub-navigation?
I am "fixing" a pre-existing website, with minimal changes as possible, because the site is due to a redesign in few months, anyways (probably).
This site has a navigation bar that opens a ...
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What are the pros and cons with an overflowing horizontal scrollable nav bar?
On the team with designers and coders at my office, we're currently having a discussion about horizontal navigation bars when they overflow on mobile. This is not a discussion about using cards that ...
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Navigating through a menu with only 2 buttons
I have a physical device with a screen and 2 buttons.
This device needs to be able to enter a "settings" menu, which shows different options which can be turned on/off or have a "...
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Showing more information while decluttering the screen
I'm designing an educational app with gamified elements to it. The way the app has evolved the left side is what we consider the most important information for the user. The items to the right are all ...
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