Questions tagged [tables]
Tables are a means of organizing content into rows and columns, often – but not always – in a grid-based layout where columns and rows have distinct relationships.
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Solutions to for displaying chained items in a table
I’m working on a table that displays steps (represented as documents) arranged into chains. Different chains can have different step names and different number of steps. When you click on a step, you ...
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Selecting products from hierarchy
We have a hierarchy of products (documents) where there is a global library at the top that consists of all the products we have, a user’s account library that is a subset of the global products, and ...
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Button interaction inside table
I'm working on a table redesign and when it was first created they didn't have the design and experience in mind.
Right now, the table is a listing of products and there's a button inside the table ...
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In a large list, should the filter and search be combined or separated?
I am dealing with a large list of items which can be filtered as well as searched. For the user, I think it would be better for the user if search was a global search for every list item, but I am not ...
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Multi-select for table with invoices that can have different statuses
I have a table that lists out invoices and their details. In this table, the user is able to select multiple invoices and pay selections all together. In its current state, we only list out UNPAID ...
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Allow multi-select for open invoices
I have a table that lists out invoices and their details. In this table, the user is able to select multiple invoices and pay selected ones all together. In its current state, we only list out "...
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Redemption table - select all
Here is a little UX problem I am working on. I am posting here because our UX testing indicated a user understanding issue, and research has not helped me greatly.
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Online redemption table
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How to design for a table which has two different header options depending on the model
So I have a large table with lots of different column headers, lets say there are 10. Currently, under this table, there are two different model types, model A and model B. Model A uses all 10 column ...
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Mapping Data UI: Map objects (per childs) to additional data
I'm working on a UI problem when it comes to map data. Imagine you have a wall (object) that contains multiple layers like insulation, concrete and plaster (childs). To provide value with the software ...
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How to display ( and work with ) related data without using a table component?
I'm working with an external system where users can create entities and link them bidirectionally. One entity is the source / the parent and the other entity is the target / the child. So one link ...
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How to request future items of a list
I have the following problem going on:
(not going into detailed context as it is extremly complex, and also irrelevant to the point)
in a checkbox table, a user can select which events they want to ...
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pagination vs "load more" for a business applicaiton
I'm looking for usability studies that show the efficacy of Pagination vs Load More specifically for a table/list of data in a business/enterprise application, like a Software as a service (SAAS) app.
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Control a table column content
Did you ever saw or designed a way to switch column content through its column header?
I've done this before for units or switching between numbers and percentage, but this time its a less obvious ...
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What is this component called? It looks like a table but each row has different types of data
Looking for a way to distinguish this from a table component but not sure what to call it
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Ways to display images in a data table
I have data table to show, some columns are of type "image".
Airtable, for example, displays images directly in the cells, but it makes the rows very thick :
That thickness is not required ...
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Filtering Tables: Show only filtered items
I'm currently working on filters for our tables. The tables are quite crowded with information. One of the columns contains lots of tags that represent categories. Each cell can be filled with 10+ ...
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Table filter allowing to choose to display empty values
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Users need to be able to filter on a column in the table and include "null/empty" values in that multi-select filter. What is the correct/usual way of solving this?
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How to allow incrementing of multi-select options?
As part of a form field, I want to allow the user to specify 0 or more options. The user should be able to select multiple of the same option if desired.
This can be visualised in a typical multi-...
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Present tabular data differently to fit in a form?
Hi so I am looking for alternatives for tabular data so that the data can more easily be viewed in a form field. Basically the user will only need the tabular info to be view only and can include up ...
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How to design a table with a lot of rows and columns?
in my project im facing a problem regarding a possibly huge table.
As background information:
Im working on a duty scheduling application.
There are different workplaces (for example: kitchen, garden, ...
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Long Table Data [duplicate]
I want to show this long data in more compact way with best experience preferably without scrolling, is there any good idea?
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How to achieve best discoverability in a large, hierarchical graph-like dataset with each node having dynamic fields/properties?
I've been given a nearly impossible task to solve, since I'm not a UX expert nor am I able to find any examples on the internet.
I need to make it as easy as possible, for a person to find whatever &...
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How to create a good user experience for a matrix of input fields?
Following matrix of prices up to a given weight per country is given:
The user is able to edit individual prices. Depending on the amount of countries and weights the matrix can get quite big, making ...
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How to display long cell names with large amounts of data in a table
I am currently working on a web page which has large amounts of data.
The main issue is the Agents on the left, have really long strings, and so do the User Queues at the top, going across the page. ...
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What is the best way to have two exclusive sets of filters above a data table?
I have two sets of filters which work with the same data. There is a table of data below those two sets of filters.
But if one set of filters is applied, modified, i.e. worked with, I completely ...
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When performing a bulk edit on a table, how should changing the filter on the table, affect previous selections?
If a user wants to "bulk edit" a table and makes some row selections, then changes the filter during selection, should rows that have been previously selected (but can no longer be seen ...
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Different tooltips problem
So I am having kind of a issue, the client NEEDS to have 2 tooltips, as shown in the image below:
But one is on the title of the section and the other one is inside the table. My question is if I ...
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What's the best way to add rows to the table if the table has pagination?
I am designing a table where the data in the table is added manually by the user. There's an 'add data' button below the table, using which an empty row gets created and the user can feed in their ...
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Should lists of users in an organization include yourself?
We have a platform that allows access to multiple people. There are two types of roles - Admin and Member.
On the page where it displays the list of people, is it standard practice to include yourself ...
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How to display prices in offers tables?
I am working on displaying offers (consisting of 3 - 4 plans) in table style and am currently stuck in showing the prices. I was working on showing offers per column / vertically with having the price ...
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Alignment of first column in table when it is numerical
Best practices for tables suggest to align numerical values to the right. This makes them better scanable and comparable. In our software, numerical values are mostly right-aligned in tables.
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Table with a column of toggles and the ability to select or deselect all at once
I have a a table with a column represent with a toggle.
I need to let the customer an ability to select or deselect them all at once.
Did someone tackle this use case?
I try some ideas, like toggle ...
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How should be a required cell in table be designed?
I am currently making a design for tables that are editable and one of the requirement from the stakeholders is that there should be a required cell to be filled out. Just seeking an advice on how ...
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How can I better organize this table data, where rows are repeated since metrics have both a 'lights on' and 'lights off' value
I have a web app where a user needs to set a lot of values within a table like this:
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Filtering and Sorting a Table that has more than 1 row per user
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you had 6 users. They all drove cars. The table shows which cars they drive and how many miles they have driven each car. It also shows a flag which is just a way to tag a user that is ...
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Filtering and Sorting a Table that has multiple rows per User row
Here's a good challenge for you all.
Challenge: Filter by 2 colors, then Sort by 'Amount' and not replicate the user's name throughout the Name column?
User Goal: To be able to see which is the lowest ...
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Should a "deleted" row disappear from a table ASAP if it requires some time (8-10 seconds) to delete it?
We have a table with rows. To delete one or many rows takes some time (8-10 seconds). We decided to show BE message (snackbar) while deleting rows and then after successful deletion show a 2nd ...
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Dealing with non-fluid data tables
I have pages consisting of mainly data tables. So far I'm using a fluid design with Bootstrap's rows/cols. Here is an example:
As you can see at the bottom of the page, table 1 has very wide columns ...
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Data table bulk actions which are independent of each other
I have a table where the user can perform some actions for some rows but not all. These actions are independent of each other. The table could potentially have unto 20 rows.
I have 2 solutions. I ...
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Whats a good UI pattern to create multiple nested categories to classify an entity
I'm designing a form for managing representatives for a MNC platform. but 1st there needs to be a structure set up that mimics their org structure.
the structure of levels needed would be something ...
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Using a Google Spreadsheet to feed input to a web application
I am building a mathematical web application, that gets as input a large matrix of numbers, and does some mathematical calculations on it. The common ways to feed input into such an application are:
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Can I break consistency in behalf of UX?
I'm working on a big platform. It has many tables with consistent design.
Now, I'm designing a new page, and I think it's better for these tables if the rows will be smaller than across all platform ...
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What is correct style for displaying dollar figures in a column in a table?
I have a table of two columns. One is list of expenses (or revenue). The other is dollar figures.
Should the dollar sign ($) appear with every figure? Or should I put it only with the figure on the ...
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should i show action button in table header while designing for Webapp
I am going to design a table view but I have a problem that I wanted to show the action button. I am confused it is okay to show the action button in the Table header.
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Making sorting discoverable on a table with no default sort
We have a table that orders results of clients (can be searched on name, address, email, phone, etc.) based on an algorithm, so there isn't a "default" sort we can mark with an arrow to ...
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Is it bad practice to have different menu actions in the same table?
I have a table which is a collection of several different types of item, Documents, Images, and Assets (domain specific). I originally had different columns for each item and this was messy so I added ...
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Best way to Display Responsive Tables on Small Breakpoints? [duplicate]
I have a web-based dashboard with several tables spanning 80% of the page width.
Its a very typical responsive table design. A few columns (3-10), many rows (up to 100+), pagination, search filters ...
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Filtering: Input-fields or buttons?
I'm currently working on new tables for our web platform. I came to a point when I need to design some filtering options as part of the design. One of our developers told me to use a text field that ...
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Best practices for handling a lot of information in a single cell in a data table
Im designing a data table in which one of the columns has the potential to hold a lot of information in each cell. Here's a screenshot from the live app as it exists today:
The column with red ...
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Sort a grid with some empty cells
I have an editable Grid/Table where the cells can be edited. In a column, there can be some filled and unfilled cells. The column can be sorted. What is the best way to sort the cells?
I am thinking ...
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