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Tabbed page with settings + saving, discarding changes - Best practices?
I have a configuration page with many settings across 8 tabs. Since this is a tabbed page, I allow users to move freely from one tab to another and make changes as they wish. I also provide a set of ...
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Back button changes from cancel to save and exit
I'm working on a campaign management tool, and the user can create a new campaign which takes them to the creation page (a full page takeover). This full page takeover has a save and exit button on ...
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Cancel button to go back after Saving
In a desktop application, I have a form which the user can edit some data, then save it. When they save, they stay on the same page and get the feedback message like "Campaign saved". And to ...
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Would the placement of the Save Button be better in the top right or under content?
Would the product be better served with the save button for each tab/section in the top right where it is viewable or at the bottom of the content underneath? I know it is common to place it bottom ...
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"store" vs. "save" when editing data?
From a user perspective: would you use store or save on a button after changing your profile data for example.
I mean both make sense but store seems a bit more technical (e.g. storing data to da ...
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Many save options, limited space
The feature I'm working on has a lot of complexity. We believe our users would want to do the following:
Save work in progress
Save and close the item (to return to it later, or hand off to someone ...
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Renaming duplicated 'Save' button
This is a form for student registration.
Context:
The form contains standard fields for student details (name, D.O.B, etc) and editable data grid for students' previous school's details.
User can add ...
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"Save" vs "Add": What button should I use for my app?
I'm working on an app to book appointments and need to decide what text to use in the button for the last step of the booking process:
"Save Appointment"
or
"Add Appointment"
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Should a Save button be disabled if there have been no changes made?
I have a desktop application, and in this application, there is a non-modal dialog where a user can make changes to something. The dialog has a Close button and a Save button. The Save button does not ...
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Consistent position of Save button in multiple layouts
I'm currently working on a system aimed primarily at desktop users that has a wide range of layouts: some grids, some forms, and a variety of custom interactive interfaces with different designs.
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Button location: Save / Next / Cancel / Text notice
I am facing an issue in a recent project about the position of buttons.
In the UI system, we have this button group bar fixed to the bottom of page which already using in other pages.
So in the new ...
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Handling two possible workflows of the same action
There is a subpart of the user workflow in the product that I am designing that I am having trouble with.
The user is at a step where they have to fill-in patient data, in a modal window. Once they ...
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Mobile forms - Where to put the save and cancel buttons?
We are making a responsive website. There is a form on the site and I am not sure what type of save and cancel buttons to use where. I have found several patterns as you can see in the picture with ...
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Should you conserve space by having a single transforming button instead of two non functional ones?
I’m currently designing a webpage where users are asked to modify the positions of certain elements. Currently I have a single button to allow the users to enter “edit mode” which allows them to drag ...
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How to clarify function of save button? 'Save and close' vs 'Save and exit'
What is the most clear way of saying that the save button will also close a window/action/process?
I have a web application with a launch page with several links. When the user enters a single ...
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Should a floating section be affected by a page's save button?
I am designing an editable page that has a floating 'Notes' on the right section that follows users down the page.
download bmml source – Wireframes created with Balsamiq Mockups
I have ...
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Proper way to describe saving canvas to server?
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I have an app where the user draws to an HTML5 canvas, and then is presented an option to save it to the server. Currently a button that says "Save" is shown, which instructs the server to ...
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While editing fields in a modal, does it really need to have the Save or Update button appear already?
I am not sure if i need to let user see it already eventhough he has not change in the fields. Why on some modal or forms, they already appear? whats the reason behind it? What to save when user has ...
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Spinner (saving mode) on the button?
Not really sure of having the spinner inside the SAVE button when it is clicked or inside the panel itself. I dont want the user able to click it again (to know it is saved or not)
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Select from option list and apply action
I have several labels that are associated with text, e.g.
Default : Text
Label1 : 123
Label2 : 456
Label3 : 789
The UI for this is currently structured as follows:
[Default ▾] [Save] [Save as] [...
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Redundant to have "add" and "save" button when adding choices from a list?
On StackExchange, when you want to add a community to your account, you go into the upper left corner, click on the pull down, and click "edit" next to the "Your Communities" text.
Then you start ...
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Create new record and add (lengthy) details in one step? (Accordion Forms)
I was hoping to solve this data entry problem with an accordion form, but now I'm not so sure if this is the right way to do it.
I am concerned that information might get lost if I place the save ...
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Save & Continue Button
In the app I am working on the user is presented with a list of item on the left and a panel contained with input fields on the right. The user will navigate the list and edit pricing criteria for ...
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Save buttons that don't save
Generally there are two kinds of windows I make: windows with Ok/Cancel buttons, and windows with just a Close button. The implied understanding is that Ok/Cancel windows don't save anything until you ...
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Are Save buttons still necessary in web applications?
There seems to be a growing trend with online applications to save data/progress automatically. In many cases where an interruption to the connection or service is quite likely, it is definitely a ...
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Save & Add New, Save & Close, Save, Done, Cancel
This is something I've been struggling with, because there seems to be a lack of standard for it (as far as I can tell).
There are two scenarios.
Save & Close and Save & Add New
We are ...
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save, save as, load, reload buttons
I need to add those 4 buttons:
Save (the current settings)
Save as (a new setting files)
Load (a new setting files)
Reload (reset the settings to the last saved)
I don't know how to graphically put ...
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Segmented/Split "Save | As" Button?
Background:
I have an application that has several "Save As" options in addition to "Save".
This is a web application without a menu bar (just a button area at the top of the interface).
The ask:
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Is there a need for save/cancel buttons in iOS app?
I am developing an investment property evaluator app that allows the user to record information about a potential investment property and evaluates the property based on certain metrics. It uses drill ...
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Saving: Global save vs Sectional save vs Item save vs Instant save
I have been modifying my Facebook and Gmail account settings when I come across several types of saving strategies. Take for example, at the time of this writing, Facebook:
Instant save - saves upon ...
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Save/Cancel/Close button behavior question
The attached image shows a dialog with a save/cancel button bank and a "x" icon to close the dialog. The question I have is this. Should the cancel button even be on the modal if it does not clear/...
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Should I provide feedback from a save button?
I'm currently in the process of developing a Windows Application which produces Word Documents.
In the program there is the ability to save your progress (different to the "Save as a Word ...
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What's the Best Placement for Save/Cancel Buttons on Very Long Forms?
I have a big project creation form having atleast having 30-40 fields where i have already grouped the relevant fields as a set(splitting into 3 columns) with proper headers, but still i have a long ...
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Save vs Save & Exit
We're designing an application for creating personalized photo books through a Flash-based interface. When the application first opens, we display a dialog encouraging the user to give their project a ...
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