Questions tagged [settings]
a setting affects system function and performance.
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How to deal with a lot (250+) of settings?
I'm currently working on an Android application that has a lot of (over 250) individual settings. During most of the app's existence there was no designer working on it, so the settings UI is mostly (...
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Team member profile vs. user's account profile
I'm developing an app where a registered user can create teams but the people on the teams don't have to be a registered user of the app. The team owner can assign group members to tasks but until ...
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Managing Checkboxes for Dependent Settings
I don't do much GUI design. I am working on an application and helping to define some requirements for a user preferences dialog. Some of the settings are boolean values that can be determined by a ...
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How to deal with a "preferred user setting" and automatic fallback
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I'm adding a new option in a configuration screen. It's basically a simple radio-button / combobox / checkbox that either uses the default Setting A or the new Setting B.
Setting A is the ...
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saving paths in a backend
I thought to enlarge my team for a while to understand a possible improvement for a case is going to be a pita.
I need to be consistent inside a top-down pattern in which I have these nested content ...
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More appropriate button text for resetting default settings
I'm developing a desktop application and in the application settings management dialog I've add a button that once pressed, reset all fields to default values.
I'm wondering what is the standard for ...
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Gear icon vs. ellipsis (3 dots)
I always see these icons on settings or data tables. Can both icons have the same value or meaning? Is it a trend or standard?
Gear icon:
Ellipsis:
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Should user account and profile be the same page?
I am currently researching into user account pages. But the needs for the company includes components that would also associate to a user profile page (i.e more visible information, tailored content ...
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advanced settings and default settings in different screens
I have this step by step configuration flow, to help people create an object.
The idea is to show the required configurations on the surface, and more advanced settings, below this layer - because ...
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Best practice when saving settings to backend on Android
In my app, I have a settings page with a number of options that all need to be saved on our backend. The call to the backend may fail for connectivity reasons and I'm not sure what's the best way to ...
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How to make a long list of settings less overwhelming
We are working on a fairly complex B2B app. It's been in active development for many years and as a result, we've ended up with a bunch of settings that we have to present in the admin panel. It looks ...
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Radio button in a tab menu
I'm creating a settings menu where a user can go in and set how they would like to weight data in an app. There are two versions of weighting and a user can select only one or the other. However, I ...
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distinguishing the difference between push notifications and in-app notifications
Through past research, I've found that users connect better with the term 'notifications' rather than 'push notifications' (as push is based on quite a techy concept of the notification being pushed ...
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What's the difference between "account" and "profile"?
On many websites you have a settings section where you can view and edit your profile data. On others you can edit your account data. Some sites even have both.
What is the difference between "...
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Why colors are set to high saturated in most smarphones?
From the very first time of buying android smartphones, we see those colors which are less realistic. Only few percentage of people change it by going deep level down inside settings.
Why it is set ...
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Should user related data be part of a settings?
If I have an app that does something based on some information that user enters & can change - should those data be part of a settings?
For (dummy) example: if I have an app that creates reports ...
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Settings Page - Save and Cancel buttons
please see an attached wireframe which roughly explains my question.
I am working on a settings page - see 'My Settings' selected in the secondary nav nested under another heading.
On this page, ...
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Changing between privacy type of profile attributes
The privacy settings page will list all the user profile attributes like Name, Age, School, Work, Hobbies, Contact Info etc. sans their values. The user can then choose which of the attributes to make ...
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What do you call a GUI widget that slides out from the left or right?
In mobile applications, many times you have the main content taking up the entire screen but there is a settings page also. To reach the settings page you can to put your finger on the left or right ...
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Google Chrome's setting/option icon a variation of the hamburger menu?
I noticed on a recent Google Chrome update that the setting/option icon changed from the wrench to three dots, which I thought was interesting as this seemed to related to the 'more' symbol but turned ...
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Designing a large user preferences menu that isn't confusing
My app helps pianists to practise their scales. They press a button and are shown a random scale to play. They press the button again and they get another.
I need to allow users to "turn-off" scales, ...
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Is it better to separate settings from task tab or to group it?
I'm currently developping the v2 of my bot so i want to redesign the whole UI. As a part of that work, there is one question that i don't achieve to answer myself.
Is it better to separate settings ...
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Indicate what level an overridden setting comes from
For reports my team releases, we have a hierarchy like this.
Customer administrators aren't allowed to modify the base settings, but they can set overrides one level below. Copies of the report can ...
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Columns in a table - settings buttons position
I am building a screen for a rather big platform and I am trying to figure the best position for settings buttons for a column in a table.
The table holds information about players and their ...
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App with optional modules - main settings menu naming?
Our app has multiple products that you can opt into, let's pretend it's named "Xanadont". Each product (or module) has configurable settings plus the main app has settings. There's a ...
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What to do when your application has an "unmanageable" number of settings?
I like how Google's Material Design approaches patterns for application settings:
Settings should be well-organized, predictable, and contain a manageable number of options (emphasis added).
The ...
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Grouping unrelated settings
I'm setting up some options/settings pages for a wordpress theme. There are a lot of options and I think splitting them up will help navigating the different controls. I'm thinking of splitting the ...
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best practice: how to handle data entry / modification & storing changes thereof
I have a page (HTML) containing multiple tabs, all filled with various settings. Those settings are further divided into groups which are nothing more than separate REST calls to the server. Each ...
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How do I explain that some settings save automatically, while others need to be manually saved?
I have an interface that looks like this:
The top three fields (Friendly name, Unique TrackerID and URL Endpoint) all need to be saved for the changes to apply and can be discarded by clicking "Go ...
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Using toggle buttons alongside text boxes?
I'm designing a control to allow users to quickly adjust two variables using a pre-defined list (in this case a toggle button group).
Users want to be able to set and use these "quick-selections", as ...
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Should I hide settings behind a settings menu or allow the user to edit inline?
Currently I have a page with settings inline with the information the user is looking for:
However, it makes the rows cluttered:
I was thinking about moving them all out to a separate settings menu:
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Visualising sharing settings, roles and rights
A little about our platform;
We have events that are part of calendars (1 or more). Calendars can then be added to a user dashboard. That user dashboard can have many members part of it. (Owner, ...
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Control that changes state automatically and needs to be a part of a form. Any ideas?
I need an example of a control that changes its state automatically once a condition has been satisfied.
I need to use such a control to allow admins to set a flag at the user level that would ask ...
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Is it better to remove a user's preferences after they log out?
We have some preferences for our mobile application that a user can change (such as choosing between miles and kilometers for distance information). We plan to store these preferences as unique to a ...
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iPhone app: fl oz and ml depending on region
I am making caffeine tracking app. Measuring unit is very important for my app. At first I decided to make it as powerful as possible, so on very top of the screen I put control for switching between ...
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Best Way to Switch Between Basic and Advanced App Settings
In my iOS app, I intend to have two types of settings - Basic and Advanced. The Basic settings essentially summarize the more granular 10-11 advanced settings into 3-4 different themes, so most users ...
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Which is clearer - cog/spanner/wrench icon for desktop website settings, or a text label?
Building a web-based tool which will really only be viewed on a desktop web browser (due to a restricted corporate environment).
Trying to keep it as minimal as possible with no superfluous features. ...
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Why do desktop applications place settings in one dialog?
It's easier understand why web sites are doing it, but i'm not sure why desktops place settings in one dialog when, for example, multiple windows can be opened.
I once wrote an application with a ...
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Inactive Settings
I'm having a tricky time deciding between several interaction patterns for disabled settings toggles in a native app.
Background:
This is in a mobile app's settings page. There is a top level ...
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Label for account settings, "user's name" or "account"?
Assuming that we have the full name of a user, what heading would be better for a someone to access his/her account settings & profile?
1) Just his/her name with a dropdown like the mockup bellow:...
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Should the user's password field be included (with all the hassle) on the settings page?
What is the best implementation of changing user settings with respect to the password change?
I have a rails app, and if a user goes to the "update profile" page, the password field has to be re-...
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Displaying custom vs default settings
In many interfaces, there is a set of default settings and then a need for the user to be able to override those with custom settings. Do you have any examples of how to handle this well in an ...
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Flexibility-Usability tradeoff: Is it OK to recommend a specific set of security settings?
As the flexibility of a system increases, the usability of the system decreases.
The flexibility-usability tradeoff is related to the well-known maxim,
jack of all trades, master of none. ...
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Putting authentication in preferences
If authentication is completely optional, and provides next to no features, is it okay to dump it in a preferences tab?
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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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"Device in use" phrasing
I'm making an android app, in it there's a settings section regarding notifications. There's a category of settings that apply only when the device is currently being used, and the category is labeled ...
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High-DPI Screens & Browser Zoom
I have a responsive web design that also supports high-DPI screens using targeted css media queries to modify content further. In general, the content displays perfectly - but I'm running into some ...
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What is the accepted best practice for asking for permission to send a user email?
When a user is setting up their profile in my web app, I want them to act on 2 different email settings:
1) Permission to email when another user interacts with them (for example, sends them a ...
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From where should I add settings that concern multiple websites
My application is used to modify settings for client CMS sites (ex: setting to enable a module etc)
There are multiple clients using this CMS.
When I add a new setting, it's automatically added for ...
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Save Before Quitting
I'm designing a mobile app with a settings screen which allows users to save their settings or reset them. It's setup where if the users makes changes to their settings and taps to go back home, they ...
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