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Questions tagged [checkboxes]

widgets that allow a single item to be selected or not. Usually shown by a square box, with a check mark in it if selected.

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Check all / uncheck all checkboxes with regards to usability

I'm just wondering as to your thoughts on the best way of providing check/uncheck all functionality for an HTML table with multiple rows, that has a column of checkboxes. Some possibilities: Extra checkbox in table heading, similar to Gmail. e.g. […
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What do you do when you have too many choices in a checkbox field set?

I have an interface for managing a user's roles in an interface for managing accounts in a web application. The roles are basically roles in the Role-Based Access Control - (RBAC) context. Specifications: Users can have multiple roles or none at…
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Checkbox Group Behavior

I have a group of check boxes that are controlled by an "All" check box. I am proposing the behavior of the "All" check box and its dependent check boxes as below: Default Condition: "All" is checked and Enabled. The dependent check boxes are all…
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ajax checkboxes vs submit button

At the office we are talking about an interface on our web application, which has ajaxified checkboxes: you click it, and the change is live. No "action" is performed other than changing data on the server. One group doesn't like this and prefers…
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Are toggle buttons a good alternative for checkboxes?

In which situation would it be better to use one or the other? For example: Vs:
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How do you call the action when you select items in a checkbox?

This is more of an English language question, but UX designers will readily understand. When i have a checkbox with items, then say for a help description text, do you rather use the verb "select items" or "check items"? I have also the case where…
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Checking dependant checkboxes

In the admin UI of our system we have two check boxes that represent permissions: View Foo Edit Food Checking a check box means granting a permission. There is an important dependency that we are struggling to enforce at the UI level: Edit…
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Advice on alternatives to using dozens of check boxes in an interface

I wanted to get some UI design advice. I am not sure this is the proper forum to ask this question so here goes. My situation is I have a table that has 51 bit values to hold the values of statutes. In production, this table would have over…
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Checkbox label language

When designing checkboxes that affect the state of something, should they use affirmative or passive language, such as Include in calculations Included in calculations My personal inclination is to use the former as it is more of a call to action…
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How I could arrange these better?

I was wondering how I could arrange these better? Currently I have sections 1-3 and when you select one or multiple it give you new row of check boxes. I think this is quick way to solve problem but exhausting on UI.
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Checkbox having effect on another checkbox

Several instances of a program can run on multiple machines in a network. One of the instances is in the role of the master. Usually, the software can decide much more optimally which one to become the master, then a user could. However, to be…
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Check box checked on by default

Should check boxes be checked on or off by default? Also should they be enable or disable? This feature does something cool. [ ]Enable this feature or [x]Enable this feature or [x]Disable this feature or [ ]Disable this feature
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Select multiple options or only one exclusive

I want to give the user a list of possible options to select with checkboxes. But what if I want him to provide a way to select only one without having to deselect the others? Eg: X OptionA X OptionB OptionC X OptionD I'm thinking something…
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Alternative to form with long list of double checkboxes?

I'm stumped by this one. Redesigning a large web app and one piece of the interface was this, where the user can select how they want to be notified by various things. I doctored the screenshot to keep the app private - really the list goes on for…
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Which option seems the clearest when setting up an event

I asked this on a preference test, the results were very close, too close to call in fact. You're setting up an event on an app that let's you choose whether your guests can reply or buy tickets, which option do you think is the clearest 01 02
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