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Is combining filter and search a good idea?
I’ve been struggling to design a history log. My goal is to include a search button for quickly finding specific entries and a filter option to narrow down data based on specific criteria. My main ...
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When editing info, should the edit page have a back arrow or close tag?
My thinking is the close tag makes more sense, since it minimises the chance of a user accidentally going back and losing progress.
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Button Placement Confusions - Need perspectives?
I am currently involved in designing an application that has initial 3 steps to drive the rest of the application UI.
We have decided to follow a positions of the CTAs as left to right direction ...
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Can we transfer insights about user expectations from physical world UIs to online UIs?
Are insights about user expectations (regarding visual consistency and visual hierarchy) in physical world UIs congruent with online UIs' user expectations?
Let me illustrate my question with an ...
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Double expansion option for a single card
I'm trying to work on a data card and its expanded version.
I want a user to access more details of a card body by expanding
There are children entity on a card where I also want user to access ...
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Is there any difference to how users perceive tabs and buttons (button groups) meant to act as tabs?
I don't seem to be able to find adequate guidelines on how and when tabs should be used. Take these variations for example:
a) horizontal tabs:
b) vertical tabs (left sidebar):
I have been ...
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Is it better to auto open a dialog/sidepanel when redirecting from an email link?
We have a situation where our application sends an email with an activation link to the users. This link redirects to the activation page of our application where they need to enter some additional ...
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Why do virtual calculator UIs (especially desktop ones) have the numbers laid out when users typically use the keyboard instead
Just curious, why do virtual calculators on desktops even have the numbers and symbols added to the UI.
Here's an example of what I mean
Windows Calculator
macOSCalculator
On desktops, the primary ...
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How can i indicate which row was edited in a "preview changes" page?
I currently have a data table that the user can make changes to. None of this data has a key indicator since they can all be the same. My actual product uses lots of various objects/values and can get ...
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Is scrolling inside a modal bad when it doesn't look like there is more information to view?
I am currently dealing with lots of modals that contains a lot of forms. One problem I am facing is how to organize the forms, and I have implemented a mostly single column form, unless the forms are ...
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Should users be able to invite and set different types of permission for each invitee?
I noticed that in Google Drive, if you were to invite more than one person, you're only able to set one type of permission (Viewer, Commenter, or Editor) for everyone.
So if you had different sets of ...
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Assessing whether a feature is needed via a survey or unmoderated test
A product manager dreamt up and designed a feature. They want me to quickly find out whether users actually need it by running a quick unmoderated test.
The feature is a contextual search in a music ...
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Updating config settings for an individual item vs a group config update. When should i change 1 item vs all items?
Lets say we have a group of devices (A, B, C). These devices have the group config settings:
location: USA
color: blue
Now I take device B and individually change its location to Canada. Now I go back ...
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Payment method pre-selection
Here's a quick summary of the problem: the app I'm working on can have multiple payment methods added (saved) by the user. They can use them for making trips and purchases in the app. I'm not sure how ...
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What should be written in an Error email, if the details of the error is empty?
We are about to design an email template for an IPAAS company that handle data integration. We have defined the template and its content through various iterations and feedback. We came up with a ...
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What do you think of pop up/full screen search box?
So I am trying to design a nice header. At first, I wanted to make an expendable search box but that is beyond my knowledge. But now I think a pop-up search box wouldn't be so bad. I know that there ...
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Is it better to have an add/remove feature or a "manage list" function? [closed]
I have a data table and currently the only thing you can do is add/remove things from this list. So I have it setup where you click "add" and it shows you the master list of all items you ...
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How to expand data table when only 2 columns have data that can be expanded on?
I have a data table where you can click to expand upon the row. Two out of my four columns have data that can be expanded upon if the column is set to enabled. If disabled, there is no additional data ...
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How many error icons are enough in a nested configuration menu?
So I have been developing a way for users to track where they left mandatory fields blank, so that they can freely go back and forth between menus, the input field would just turn red. In the example ...
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User experience of auto moderators in platforms better at case resolution?
It is known that well trained and programmed tools can be used to automate and perform tasks at a greater level of precision and accuracy than humans (most of the time). The fact that they can be ...
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When is the best moment to show an input error on a multi-tab configuration menu?
I have a configuration menu with multiple menu, tabs, and some required options. I have asked a similar question regarding this issue, but I have a more specific question. At what point should I show ...
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Should user need to be told how many files there are to be downloaded?
We have a link that says "Download" so the user can download transcripts.
Does this link need to be more explicit? eg, "Download 2 files"
Does there need to be indication if the ...
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Should i show all the selected items in a data table in a popup when editing items?
Currently I have a large list of items that can be up to 1000. I am allowing users to select from this list of items and remove them from the group they are assigned to. I have the popup created, but ...
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Where should "Unassigned" items go when considering a list filter?
I have a large data table and have some filter options. One of these options is the ability to filter by group, i.e. you can view group1, group2, group3, etc. The issue is, every item either has a ...
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Should an expandable table be collapsible?
I have a page with tables that can have a large amount of data depending on the customer you're looking at.
Each customer can have multiple entities and each table represents an entity. Please note ...
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In one line of a dropdown menu, how can I show that an item is disabled with an icon?
So I have a list of groups, but these groups are dependent on the model you selected. In this image, Group 1 is disabled because I have selected model b (not shown) and Group 1 is only for model A.
I ...
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How to make sure user on on the right login page before they continue?
So we currently have two different types of devices, and each device has its own login page/URL. Our customers have been getting confused as to which url they need to access for which device they have....
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Is it better to use a tooltip or take the user to a separate page to communicate to them what is doable or not?
I'm working on an app that will be integrated into a video conferencing client.
In a nutshell, what this app does is allow participants in the call to share files. The app will have two sections for ...
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Best user experience for settings menu with required fields?
I currently am designing a settings/configuration menu and some of these pages have required fields. When the user leaves a required field empty, what should be the expected behavior when moving to a ...
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How do I explicity tell the user that wi-fi is required for a feature to work?
So I am designing a product which will have a list of features that affect the mobile device. The features can be split into two categories, one category will work at all times, while the other will ...
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How do you make it obvious that the entire page is a drop zone?
We're building a feature where our users can upload files to their dashboards.
In addition to being able to view their files, I would like the users to be able to drag and drop files onto the page (...
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Should "search" in a large data table search item's values that aren't in the table?
So I currently have a data table where the headers are fully customizable (i.e. the user can decide which headers to keep in the table and which to remove). The issue is, the search bar currently only ...
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Should i have an apply button when the user already has to submit changes?
So I have a configuration menu with many different menu options. Currently, I feel that the flow is very annoying for users to make changes to as it requires the following steps:
Make change
Hit ...
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2 buttons with the same action
I'm currently working on a project, and the FE devs pointed out that I had the same action twice in a page, and I knew I had done this, but after researching more about it, there's not much I can find....
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Do you need an "All" filter for chips?
Im using a filter system that involves using chips to filter by category. You can only select one chip at a time. Does it make sense to have an "all" filter, or to allow the user to deselect ...
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Toggle button description when each toggle does somtehing different?
So I have three toggle buttons, disabled, enabled, and emergency only. For the scope of this question, its not important what this toggle button does, but more the fact that each toggle has a slightly ...
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How to account for an unknown number of profiles in an icon legend?
So im currently developing a to-do list of sorts which can be filtered by category. Both category and profiles have an unknown number since users can add as many as they want. This means the ...
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Using left, right, select buttons for up/down navigation?
I am currently designing a product which has an lcd screen and three physical buttons that allow for navigation: left, right and select. Currently, this lcd is VERY small so I have limited screen ...
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I have a list of profile pictures where you can select from a default list and also add your own image. How do I let the user delete the custom image?
So I have a list of default profile images (colors) that the user can select from. They also have the option to add their own image to the existing list. Its a fairly easy process to add an image to ...
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When dealing with a large data list, is it considered bad UX to make the user manually refresh to update the list?
I am dealing with a large list of items right now. For the sake of this question, it will simply show whether a device is online or offline (there is a lot more data, but those items are more static ...
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How to make it obvious that a setting is only applicable to you
I noticed that for many video conferencing app, there's a functionality to pin a participant, but it's always not obvious to me that the pinning only applies to you. The first time I saw it in the ...
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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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How to design dependent dropdown menus
I am designing a profile creation screen which allows the user to add a birthday (optional). If they add a birthday, there is an additional dependent dropdown that allows them to set a reminder for ...
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How to represent multiple dropdowns and search bar to get details?
I am building an interface where users will type certain things and they will get details on them. To get details users will have to select from three types of dropdowns or they can even choose from ...
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Should filtering and sorting be combined?
I'm working on an application where it requires filtering and sorting. Typically, these two functionalities, albeit similar, are always separated.
However, I came across this article today where they ...
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Suggestions, isporations and ideas for report page for an ERP
I am designing a reports page where users come and fill in the required fields and get the report. They can then choose to download or view the report. Considering that our users are not very tech-...
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Accounting too much for user error?
So I am redesigning a configuration page and I feel that our current flow is overcompensating for user error too much. Basically, when you want to make a change on a device there are four steps:
Make ...
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Should newly added card be displayed above default card on list?
This question is regarding payment during checkout.
Say user already has 2 cards (Card A, Card B) in his wallet, and Card A is the default card.
During checkout he decided he wants to use Card C ...
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Should all my buttons be the same size if they are on different screens?
So I have a concept where you select a category, and underneath that category select another sub category, which will then show the history of that category. The screenshot just shows the subcategory ...
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How to properly let the user know that there are restrictions for a dropdown menu that are dependent on each other?
Kind of confusing title, but basically I am designing something that allows for the max of 20 total connections. There are two types of connections, main and guest. As you can see, I am using a simple ...
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