> Check box table design is widely used for selecting multiple rows in a > table > and performing batch actions (example- delete, apply, assign). > Alternatively, Shift click can be used to enable multi selection. Hotmail > is doing this in a slightly different way. Are there any other thoughts, > examples out there for selecting multiple rows?
Suba, we had a big discussion about this in March -- you might find some useful info in it: http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=26984 I had the exact same issue and sadly decided to go with the standard checkbox approach, because my client's customers were already used to that style of interaction, and because I couldn't come up with anything else that worked well with the number of batch actions I had. I had to figure out what to do with buttons that could only act on one item at a time vs. button that could act on many items at one time (batch). In the end, I disabled single-item buttons when the user selected more than one item. They display an explanation of why they're disabled on rollover. Would love to hear (or see!) if you end up finding some cool alternative to checkboxes! Meredith ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
