Hi Rachel, Have you thought of using the type of selector that LinkedIn has for managing your contacts? It would be a rolodex/address book style with alphabetical tabs along one side or the other. Within each tab would be each item that starts with that letter with a checkbox to the left of it. When selected, it would change the color of the tab for the letter a different color. If there were no items starting with that letter you'd want to indicate as much so the user would click it and find an empty list.
Basically, you'd have 27 tabs, one for each letter and one with a # sign for numbers, running down the left side. Each tab would have three color-coded states: 1. Empty - white with light grey text 2. Items available - white with black text 3. Items selected - blue with white text There could also be a search box at the top to filter the list. Good luck! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=37420 ________________________________________________________________ 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
