Questions tagged [selection]
All questions involving the selection objects to be acted upon, including contiguous selection (e.g. strings of text), multiple selection (e.g. checkboxes), and single selection (e.g. radio buttons).
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What's the best way to select from two options if both can be selected and at least one must be selected?
I have encountered a scenario where the user can filter a dataset of inventory based on two location designations (internal stock vs. external stock). The user can filter for internal stock, external ...
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Select multiple items in a list with a touchscreen, specifically for use cases like file explorers
With a list "select" widget with multiple selection allowed, how to enable the selection of multiple items with a touchscreen device?
Drag/drop or swipe cannot be used for selection, it is ...
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Multi-select Dropbox
how should I handle this multi-select for luggage selection. if I remove first bag the next step with throw an error. I was thinking should I only allow the user to delete the last item added or if ...
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What could I use instead of these pill drop down selectors
I am looking for a alternative way to display multiple options for a user selection.
The user selects a part and then must select a choice of options which populates a table.
I tried with 'pill' ...
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Selection state position after selecting/onload
I'm wondering for a UI element like this, where users can select an option, what should the on-load positioning be? Should the selected item be first? or should I have a divider for selected and the ...
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How to best showcase selected state of visually important elements
I'm creating a feature to select profile badge – how might I best showcase the selected state?
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What is the best UI element for selecting OPTION 1, OPTION 2 or NONE? [duplicate]
I am designing a very long form with around 40% of fields being a dropdown with options:
[NOTHING SELECTED]
Enabled (On / True)
Disabled (Off / False)
The [NOTHING SELECTED] option is important, ...
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Basic question I know but what is the different between this dropdown to select with up/down icons rather than a dropdown with a chevron?
I have seen this a few times and never really gave it much thought. Why does it have an up and down arrows or how does it behave differently than a regular dropdown.
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Multiple select with filtering and select all
I have an issue regarding UX for a popup that allows selection of multiple items with filtering. This is the current one present in the application :
Users wanted to be able to select all elements (...
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Using a single text field with auto type detection in an app
So we want to increase the number of accepted fields in our app of which people use as identifier to transfer to. We currently have mobile number and email , however we intend to increase to add ...
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Are software filters ambigous?
In the physical world filters can filter something and:
A) I'm interested in what goes through, what is not filtered out:
air/water/coffee/oil/..., signals in electronics, light in photography, etc. ...
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Sticky button but only after user made a selection
I'm designing a screen where users have to:
Select a day
Select a time slot
Click a "Confirm" button (which is disabled until the user selects day and time).
I didn't want to make the ...
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Modifier keys to use for group selection/panning/magnification
I am developing a desktop web diagramming app in which the user can pan the ('infinite') background to move it relative to the window, drag over boxes ('nodes') to select them as a group, and hold ...
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How to name an option in settings that allows free input in a list (select)
In the settings of a web application, admins can select "custom fields" of different types: number, selector, multi-select, etc.
We added an option that allow user (not admin) to type their ...
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Microcopy for conditional options
I am designing a chart where users can select a basket of products, and then view the prices for their selected items in a particular country.
Using a dropdown, users can select which country they ...
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