Questions tagged [options]
Alternatives for different actions
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Expressing that new password is optional
I have an "Edit user" modal that I'm trying to polish. This is the state of things:
My main concern is that it is optional to enter a new password, and this is not made clear. If the "New password" ...
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Why the magic number 5 in dropdown list?
According to this article, it states
Placing options in a selector drop-down requires two clicks, and hides
the options. Use an input selector if there are over 5 options.
Why the magic number 5?...
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How to ask the user to choose between Save with or without revisions?
For my project BigPicture [textpad with infinite panning and zooming, useful to do some mind maps, etc. (1)], I would like the user to choose between 2 schemes when he wants to Save a project for the ...
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Is it good UX or bad UX to prevent people from disabling javascript? [closed]
I realise that I am no longer able to disable javascript from the preference setting of FireFox browser 27.0. As a developer, I always think about graceful degradation for my users. And I know how to ...
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How to allow the user to state 'No preference'
We have a situation where we have a list of choices (e.g Beers) from which a maximum of one may be chosen to associate with another item (e.g. My favourite beer).
It's also possible that the user may ...
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Best way to pick a calendar week + year
I have sub-navigation underneath my main website navigationbar. I want to display a set with calendar weeks (1-52/53) and the years (2019 - 2021) where use can pick.
Because 52 week options are a lot ...
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What would be a descriptive name for this UI element?
I'm looking for a descriptive and relatively intuitive name for this UI element you very often find in game's settings screens. It's a list of options (labels) that you can horizontally run through ...
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How to display choices from multiple options on mobile
Here's my scenario:
Customer books a hotel room for 4 guests for a week.
He/she can then add meals to their booking of which there are 4 mutually exclusive options (Let's say Full English Breakfast,...
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How do users perceives the difference between horizontal and vertical ellipsis specifically in data tables?
I am creating a data table where the last actions has multiple actions needed, I stumble to the concept of using either vertical and horizontal ellipses, but what is mainly the differences in terms of ...
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Sorting & Reverse Sorting: How to name options?
We are working on an app that contains a library. this is sortable by different criteria. The user can select the sorting via an action sheet. If a criterion is selected again, the sorting is reverted....
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How to show prices that are not yet included?
In our cart we have optional products (like gift wrapping) that the user can add. We also have options for selected items that might impact the cost (like choosing a hardback book vs a paperback).
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How to present a lot of choices and options, where each case is important?
Can't show app interface but here is the concept. 1st image situation and a short description of the person. The Second image is Cases and options for how to help. (First, you choose case then option)....
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Can reducing options improve your conversion rate?
Whilst most websites (debatable) concentrate on adding new features and functionality, I would like to question whether reducing the amount of options you are providing to a user would aid their user ...
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What is the best way to display properties on an editor?
A little bit of context to make my self more clear. I am working on software tool that is meant for designing UIs. My next step is to create a properties area, where you edit the width/height, x/y, ...
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Best way to display list of options
There's a page that has a list of options like below
002-12345
002-16516
003-21565
008-15168
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Currently, we display it inside a box and user has to scroll up or down to select whichever ...
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Improve selection (from 2 options) more Intuitive
NOTE : Feel free to edit the question title to something more accurate, if you feel it fits more.
Hey all. I'm trying to solve pretty interesting scenario.
I have an app, which creates output from (...
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Arranging digital form answer options: Side by side or stacked?
I am currently working on digitalizing a form which throughout has a lot of questions where the answer is either "Yes" or "No". My main question is which one is the better UX ...
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Best Practices on toggle switches and defaults in forms?
In many cases, when creating an A/B choice for a user, there is a clear option that should be the default; if not, the debates can rage... and if the choices are not clearly boolean (Yes or No), it ...
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Show/Hide Toggle for a Toggle
We have a toggle available in our main screen, to enable/disable an important functionality. Since, only 30% of our users use this functionality at least once per month, we are considering to (...
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Should we communicate the shipping *progress* here, or will it be redundant?
We're a small e-commerce business. A few weeks after we've shipped an order, we'll be checking in with customers to see if everything's okay. The e-mail will have three clickable options for them to ...
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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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What is a good resource for objective data on what to label options in an application, e.g. should they be called settings, preferences, or options?
I'm looking for objective and publicly available quantitative research on the language that users prefer or industry best practices on what to call options in an application.
When is it best to use ...
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How to display an 'either or' option in a setup page?
Hye guys, we are currently designing a setup process for a web app.
At this stage, user has to select a type for the system where user needs to switch on either 'Type A' or 'Type B'. It is compulsory ...
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Elegant and simple nested tabs UI?
I have case in which user can choose location of service clicking on tabs.
In second, step if user choose to use option on right, he can choose managed type of VPS service or unmanaged VPS service. ...
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Why is Apple using the settings icon for showing more options?
What could be the reason for Apple to use a gear-wheel in its Finder to show more options when everybody else seems to use this icon for "Settings"? Even Apple uses it again for the System Preferences....
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Drop down configurable(can add options) on the go or in settings?
I have more than 20 dropdown(select) menus in my Rails application.
For example see the below image,
The plus button next to Contact Type drop down will help the admin(and other users with the ...
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Position/order for "Low", "Medium", "High" options
Is there any convention about positions/order to display options buttons/radio- buttons/checkboxes for values as:
"Very low","Low", "Medium", "High", "Very ...
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Filter without an "Apply" button behavior
I have a filter that will automatically display the results without having to click on an "Apply" button. This isn't going to be an issue with our system since we're able to display results ...
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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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How to design configurable scripts for non-programmers [closed]
I have a python script that allows users to parse addresses when batch-editing a table.
The script allows the user to choose whether to return the house number or the street name to the field (by ...
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How can I pictorially show an option is unavailable for a time?
I have an option (a single button) in the settings, that won't be avaliable for the user for about 2 weeks.
I have considered a number of options:
Leave it out - make it suddenly appear
Keep it ...
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How to present users with multiple service options?
We currently have a marketplace that allows users to create a project, enter specs and service providers fulfill the service.
We want to show a new option on our website which is to provide a ...
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Grouping a 2x2 set of options
I'm am not sure what kind of grouping to use to present the following four options:
Block something permanently
Allow something permanently
Block something once
Allow something once
Initially I had ...
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Apply All option after selection option of combox
I have a table with a set of rows. Each rows contains a dropdown box to perform an action over the row (see this example). But I want to give a possibility to user to chose if this action will be ...
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User options - selecting the right control based on the number of options available
I have a user interface that allows the user to select the view they want to see their data by.
At first there were only 2 options so I used radio buttons. But the client has been adding options and ...
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Generic picker for FMCG analysis site?
As it says in the title I'm working on a site that analyses FMCG market (basically anything you can find in supermarket). I need to redesign our current "picker". There are a number of pickers across ...
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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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How to Handle Selecting options?
is their any alternative to tab? I'am currently handling a design that requires too many options per tab in a page. so lets say for example:
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Best name for the option of adding item to multiple lists or a newly created list
I have a book that can be added to multiple reading lists or to a newly created one. The name of the option that does it is “Add to Reading List”. What would be the best name for such an option so it ...
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How to present multiple options
I have a very simple application. It has three different options
to explore some data, then it displays those data on a different view, which is a level deeper in navigation.
It has some breadcrumb ...
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What's a less binary alternative to sliders?
I am working on a project that has a slider that allows a user to select their preference between two things (let's call them A and B).
It is perfectly possible for them to get both A and B but the ...
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Unavailable item in multiselect after one is chosen
I have to display several options in a multiselect dropdown, and some of them are related, like: year (two digit) and year (four digit). These are related options, and after one is picked, the other ...
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How to facilitate multiple options whilst emphasizing 1 option in particular?
In this screen we have six options which can be toggled to suit the users preferences. All of these preference options are necessary to the product.
However, in 90% of use cases the users will only ...
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Tap, Tap, Tap or Keyboard Entry
We are doing an internal makeover to our existing Timesheet Mac app. In that I ran into a situation where I have to decide either of the below options.
Option A : Tap, Tap, Tap
Like the smartphone ...
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How to represent 5 different options for user while doing signup?
I am developing a website for mobile and desktop. Users can register through signup form, where they have to select one out of 5 user types. Each type will have a help text for explanation. After ...
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How do I present lots of options, few of which are required?
I have a flow in an iPad app that takes the user through the process of creating a fairly complex object. For the sake of simplicity, lets say they are scheduling a meeting. There are actually a lot ...
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Present user with configuration before use?
I have a graph which can render both surf height or swell height up the Y-AXIS. The users have the ability to toggle the display value, but there must be a default value, which ever way I default the ...
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Display a list where only some options have sub options
I'm trying to come up with a way to display a list of options to the user, where they have to pick one option. However, some of the options have compulsory sub options which also need to be selected.
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Two options, and a third, which renders the first two redundant
I am in a predicament, so I would appreciate any help that you experts can provide.
I have two options, A and B, which say either is required and a third option, C which says either A or B is needed....
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How to provide navigation on Responsive sites
I have a UX designed for "responsive" web application with most of its content arranged under 5 tabs. So the site navigation is very clear to the user where ever they are even on mobile. But now I ...
