Questions tagged [modal]
A shorthand way of saying "modal window": a panel that appears over and disables the main content, requiring user interaction with it.
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How to structure rich-content form in modal view
What is the best approach to organize/structure modal forms?
I used to have this form in single page but the user want it in modal view. the issue here is that we might have more features in the ...
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Cross or left arrow in wizard started in a details screen
Dashboard -> list of devices -> device details -> start installation action
Dashboard -> list of devices -> create device system action -> success ui state -> start installation ...
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What should be the height of a modal that has a form that discloses progressively?
In the enterprise application that I am designing for, I have a modal that contains an input form. This form has two checkboxes. On selecting each of these text boxes, new fields show up in the form. (...
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Is this confirmation modal too intrusive for deleting custom fields?
I have a form where the user can add custom fields to products. If a folder requires a custom field, and the product is in that folder, then deleting that custom field will trigger a confirmation ...
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How to add a way to navigate to a main page
I have a dashboard and my goal is to add a way for users to interact with a chatbot from the dashboard to ask questions about their data. There are two ways to launch chatbot, one that keeps you on ...
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Good UX in modal after submitting
I'm not a UX, just a UI developer and I want to have good UX in our modals. What we need to do for it? User confirms the information by clicking on the submit button in the popup. We send the ...
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On modal open - blurred background or dark background
Does it affect the user experience if the background is black, white or blur when the modal is opened?
For example, if the background of the project creation modal is blurry, will the user think that ...
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Getting user input in a modal vs offcanvas
I need to show a form for user input, and can choose between a modal or offcanvas. (Those links are Bootstrap 5 examples, but the same would apply to any UI toolkit.)
Once there was no offcanvas, just ...
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Should there be close confirmation popup on top of another popup?
I have a popup which automatically shows up after a page. This popup is a utility which asks the users if they wish to pre populate a new form by copying responses from one of their previous forms. ...
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Reduce white space and intuitive interaction
The following is a modal where you select information and click download to download a file.
This is on a webpage.
Works fine. But design wise, finding too much white space created due to the height ...
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How best to design a cookie banner for acceptance?
We have taken legal advice and we must now show three buttons on our cookie popup with 'equal' weight and color.
We do not want to mislead anyone with dark patterns, but I do want to make sure that ...
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Action buttons for modal in view and edit mode
I have a modal that displays the details of an user or product (view mode). You can click the edit button to show the form (edit mode).
Pressing Cancel will bring you back to View mode. And clicking ...
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Best way to invite collaborators in a modal?
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We have a modal (with overlay) that displays a full list of collaborators in a folder (desktop app). It's possible to change permission or remove a collaborator, and search to streamline ...
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Good alternative for popups that show events?
I'm in a team that builds website templates for a wide variety of informative sites. We've had a lot of users asking for popups on the homepage and we've been saying no because it's a bad design ...
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Is it a good experience if we use three modals in a row?
I would like to be sure if it is a good experience for the user when, for example, you update your password and then the user selects the "Save changes" button; this action appears in the ...
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Using fullscreen to view elements without slowing navigation
First question on this stack exchange.
I'm designing a web portal for managing computers in a company. Note: This is only made to be used on desktop at the moment.
I am having a hard time finding a ...
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Disable cancel button in dialog during of performing action
I have a closable modal dialog with primary action "Add". Dialog can be closed without applying of changes by clicking on "Cancel" button, or by clicking on icon "close", ...
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Multiple Primary Action with two primary button
I'm designing a modal, but I have the problem with 2 primary buttons here. can in 1 modal have 2 primary buttons? Because in this case, the user is required to upload the document so that it can be ...
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Best practices for consecutive intrusive overlay (Modal)
qq for best practices...
My product has to show the user some regulations about an specific product and ask them to agree with terms (Law terms and regulations), therefore it must be an intrusive ...
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Why does NNG recommend skeleton screens for full page but not for individual components
I need to decide between using a skeleton screen or a loading animation for the contents of a modal.
The modal itself contains an image, title, paragraph, couple of CTAs and a carousel at the bottom ...
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Any ideas for a half success, half error modal?
I am working on a forecasting tool where a user enters their current week's data and our tool outputs a forecast for the following week's data.
The user can have various sets of data. When our tool ...
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Should modals have a route?
We use modal dialogs in our web application for actions such as deleting or creating an entity. These modals could be rendered as "on page actions", which are stateful and relative to the ...
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Dropdown in navigation or modal for log in/register?
We've noticed on our website that there's no 'quick access' to users accounts, or to know if they are logged in or not. So I've designed:
A dropdown from the my account header in the navigation with ...
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Landing page explianer video embedded vs modal
We are looking at putting an explainer video on our home/landing page above the fold next to our main CTA's to sign up or request a call.
I've seen two main ways to do this:
Embedded - the video is ...
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Do any major E-commerce Companies have Modals in their Checkout Process?
Are the examples of major e-commerce companies using a Modal in their checkout process?
Thinking companies like: Amazon AliExpress, eBay, etsy, Flipkart, Groupon, Rakuten, TaoBao, Walmart, Wayfair, ...
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Is it necessary to have a close icon and close button on a modal?
I went through the search here and found a similar question from 10 years ago about Windows modals. This is just a regular agnostic modal. Is there a best practice with this case?
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Is it a good idea to add a booking flow inside of a bottom sheet modal
I decided to include a booking flow inside of a bottom sheet modal so that the user doesn't need to leave the practitioner's profile to book an appointment with them. Is this okay?
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I ask for your help in this crazy modal/dialog flow
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We are sending companies to the clients from a draft list.
The draft list can be viewed and reviewed by clients, who have to decide if they like or not these companies
When clients like a ...
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Laymen's description of "modals" to clients
Our company runs about 1,000 websites for various clients, and we just implemented a feature that will allow them to create their own modals in a "back end" that we've created for them. ...
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What tag should you use for the title of a "fixed" dialog? (cookie consent banner, subscribe to notifications, etc.)
For "fixed" dialogs displayed over the page, like a "cookie consent banner" or "subscribe to notifications", what is the recommended tag for the title (e.g. "Your ...
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What justifies a full page modal navigation?
What arguments support having a full page modal acting as a hub that takes you to different actions / pages that are linked together?
For instance imagine an app where you manage recipes, you would ...
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How to present six or more options in a card / modal on mobile screen (to abort an order)
I am working on an app which is used by workers to complete an order within a fixed/ closed process. Since the process is closed until the order is finished, workers need the option to abort in case ...
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Label to dismiss a dialog box?
I have a dialog box that is asking a user to confirm the cancellation of a task.
Since the main CTA already says, "Yes, cancel this task", it might be confusing for the action to exit the ...
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Can I use both toggle switch and checkbox in one modal?
First of all, I am not a native speaker, I ask for your understanding even if the writing is weird. I'll explain it in as much detail as possible. If you need further explanation, please leave a ...
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Edit mode + Side panel/Modal, how to deal with double validation?
I am currently struggling with an edit mode user scenario inside a web application.
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The web application will be used also on mobile, so we can't use “on hover” comportment.
99% of the time, ...
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Intuitive dialog for choosing whether to close and lose changes or keep editing
It's a pretty simple use case.
I have a modal with an editable form. If the user enters something into the form and then tries to cancel, we want to warn them they have unsaved changes, which they'll ...
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Modal with horizontal tabs, each tab has different content size
I have a modal, which has horizontal tabs at the top of it.
Below the tabs is the tab content.
Each content has different height.
Without properly handling it - the modal size will have to change, ...
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Close/Cancel function: Use Secondary or Warning type button?
Some software systems use the secondary button for cancel/close functions, and others use the warning button (usually red). Which is more correct?
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Good idea to design go back button in modal
I need some directions, currently I have a list, if I click one of the items, one modal is shown with information about the item previously selected, and a list of its children, so if I click one of ...
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What is this mobile bottom sheet UI element called?
I want to communicate the implementation of this kind of bottom sheet to developers, specifically how it's a tall bottom sheet, but you can still see the background minimized underneath. What is this ...
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Is it a good practise to load contents outside of modal?
There is a dropdown and date-picker inside a modal and the size of the modal is small, so when we click on the date-picker the widget is overflowing the modal. Is this a good practise?
or should we ...
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Close button position: corner or inside?
This is the modal dialog for the admin page. We had a discussion about the close button position. Which one do you think is better?
A is more common and can be seen in many great web apps (Figma, ...
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Maximum modal size?
I am working on a problem where we need to show the users a preview of an image through a modal. We want them to have the maximum possible view within a modal and not create a separate page for that. ...
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Delete confirmation for items within a modal
I have a modal that contains a table of items. Each item is in a row and a user should be able to edit/delete each item.
When deleting an item, there needs to be a confirmation dialog asking the user ...
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Which button layout is the best?
I'm currently working on a modal in app, that can be display in full screen.
I'm having some issue about the way to close this modal.
In the first situation, we can have a “Fermer” (close) button as ...
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Best way to show attachments
I've designed an HTML table where each row can contain attachments. Each row has a grey paper clip icon which, when clicked, opens a file selector. The user can then upload file(s) to S3.
After a ...
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Should closing the dialog clear its fields?
I identified as the most preferrable strategy for user not to lose their data implementation of confirmation/discard dialog when exiting original one.
I expect a few more form dialogs to emerge in ...
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Should hitting the ESC key close a modal that has a form?
Typically, when you hit the ESC key, that closes a modal. But if this modal contains a form that the user needs to fill out, that would mean that hitting ESC (sometimes, inadvertently) closes the ...
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What sort of progress indicator would you use for this task?
I have checked online as well as on the forum here that touches on my specific scenario and have not had any luck.
Context: User downloads a third party app from our platform but they are missing ...
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How to best handle a modal with multiple tabs and buttons
We have a modal that is used for an action to Add an item and Edit an existing item. It also has a button to delete the item all together.
I am trying to determine the best way to handle the button ...
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