Questions tagged [toggle]
A switch decision between two or more options where only one can be selected.
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Icon for ascending-descending sort [closed]
I'm trying to come up with two icons to represent ascending-descending sort order which would allow the user to sort the members ('bars') of a chart/visualization.
The control will be a toggle ...
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Toggling a Mute Button [duplicate]
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Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change?
I was using a simple app on my iPhone yesterday (a flashlight app) and there was a button ...
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When using a chevron should I use one or two?
I am using a chevron for hiding and collapsing an area on my interface. I have found versions of chevrons out there that use 2, and others that use a single:
Is there any standard or reason to favor ...
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Best way to present toggles for sharing on other social networks?
I'm trying to come up with a way to display toggles for whether you want to share your status on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr. This is intended for a web application.
I looked at a couple of other ...
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Alternatives to the "play/pause" button
I've never been happy with the old 'iTunes' model ("flip-flop" buttons; see this question) where the play and pause are the same button, with an icon showing what state you can go to (Play when you're ...
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Toggling two-way relationships between objects
A user can manage relations for an object within a modal window, which lists every other object as rows in a table.
For each of these, a user can toggle the relationship status by clicking the ...
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When to commit user data (a humble request from a systems guy...)
So, I am a systems programmer working on a UI (bad idea, maybe, but I think I do ok all things considered). Anyway, my program is an interface to a service running on a remote machine which controls ...
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I need ideas to improve this timeout control
I'm getting ready to publish a page of real-time stock-option data. Problem is I'm not so sure any more of many controls that I used to be in love with.
The first of these now-doggish controls is ...
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Should present or past tense be used for "Enable / Enabled" checkboxes? [duplicate]
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Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change?
When a checkbox enables a feature, is it more correct to use Enable [] or Enabled []?
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How should cancelled animations behave?
How should an animation behave when it is cancelled/changed?
For example, let's say I have a button in my application that triggers the visibility of a tool panel. When the panel is shown, an ...
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Toggle button for actions
In our web application, we have a list of items for which multiple actions can be scheduled. If an action is available but not selected, it is displayed as a gray button. When the user clicks on it, ...
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Assume success and show response immediately or wait for a response from the server?
All over my CMS I have buttons that toggle something on or off by sending an ajax request, updating the db, and then changes state and value of the button on success. Very basic "ajax" and "toggle". ...
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Best choice for three-state value?
In my application, the user can filter fields by selecting one of three possible values for each field:
True
False
Both
I currently have a drop-down box, but this requires two clicks while the ...
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Using UISwitch to toggle favourite
I have an iPhone app that consists of events. Users can both favourite an event, and add an alarm to an event.
Currently the favourite button works by using a checkmark accessory, whilst the alarm ...
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How to best represent a ToggleButton (representing on/off) with the ability to be locked
I'm designing a ToggleButton control that has the ability to be in a locked state in which user interaction will not be able to further toggle the control. In general I would like the button to appear ...
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How to represent an ignore option for a control such as a ListBox
In this application there are several screens that guide a user through filling out criteria meant to complete specific queries. In order to facilitate the selection of multiple items we have created ...
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Most effective way to display the enable/disable part of a setup page
We have an admin section with a number of different settings users can go to. In the majority of pages there is an option at the top which initially allows the users to either enable or disable that ...
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Toggling UI Mode, Show/Hide
I am currently working on an enterprise web app. In the invoice entry screen, I had some UI trouble.
Basically the current invoice entry screen is something like this:
Default mode/state
Item Input ...
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Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change?
I have a quick question about buttons that toggle between two states. (Think Play/Pause, or Shuffle/Regular Play.) As the title says, should the toggle show it's current state or the state to which it ...
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Which is a good color for a pause button?
We have an application with a built-in stopwatch.
If the stopwatch is running the pause button is shown and if it is stopped the play button is shown. Currently the stopwatch itself as well as the ...
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Separation of play and pause buttons for playing media
I seem to remember reading somewhere that having the play pause actions triggered from a single button that toggles is a bad idea
It seems to me that this idiom works well (e.g. pressing space to ...
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Should "toggle buttons" show what they do or the system status? [duplicate]
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Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change?
I find inconsistency in "toggle buttons" (I just invented the name now. See screenshot to ...
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