Do you mean something like this: ------------------------------------------ Column One Column Two ------------------------------------------ Lorem Ipsum 1,240 Dolor sit amet 2,005 Consectetur 1,234 [5v] Adipiscing elit 2,111 [1v] Cras lectus -32 Neque -1,221 [3v] ------------------------------------------
Values are underlined to show that they are links as well as how many items are available. My only concern about the [+ #] is users confusing those numbers with the data itself. So what I am showing is the number of additional values with an arrow icon. You could show something like this: ------------------------------------------ Column One Column Two ------------------------------------------ Lorem Ipsum 1,240 Dolor sit amet 2,005 Consectetur 1,234 v Adipiscing elit 2,111 v Cras lectus -32 Neque -1,221 v ------------------------------------------ with the number underlined and an arrow icon...more than one way to approach that idea I guess. But it depends on how the rest of the data is being treated, if at all. Now when you say there could be multiple values associated with that field, are they underlying values that add to the main number in the cell, or just more of...? I am just curious about the association of the number to each other within that one cell. What you could do with the above as you described and I "redrew" is the following. User clicks a multiple value cell and gets: ------------------------------------------ Column One Column Two ------------------------------------------ Lorem Ipsum 1,240 Dolor sit amet 2,005 Consectetur 1,234 [5v] Consectetur1 1,233 Consectetur2 1,423 Consectetur3 3,221 Consectetur4 -935 Consectetur5 -321 Adipiscing elit 2,111 [1v] Cras lectus -32 Neque -1,221 [3v] ------------------------------------------ Have the row expand to show the additional values, or expand the grid by adding rows to accommodate the additional values. I would also use a tone to indicate the grouping of the expanded values. Doing something like this would also give you the opportunity to add a notion of "Expand All"/"Collapse All" to display all hidden values in one click if that was of value. You also have the potential of a pop-up (or floating temporary panel), but in applications, especially data grids, too many pop-ups can be confusing and annoying, and if that's not the metaphor in use throughout the application, it may not be a fit. I hope this helps at least generate more thoughts. Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Oleh Kovalchuke Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 1:19 PM To: IxDA Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Indicators for cells with multiple values in a datagrid Hello, IxDers, I need to indicate that specific cell in a read-only datagrid contains not one, but multiple values. Putting the cell in focus would reveal the values in it. The project team have suggested displaying "Multiple..." link in the cell. Clicking the link would open a popup showing the values. There are several problems with this approach, which I am not going to dwell upon at the moment. I think a better way to do this would be to display the first value in the list as a link with an indicator of total entries, if there are more than one. A column of values would look like this then: Lorem ipsum Dolor sit amet Consectetur [+5] Adipiscing elit [+1] Cras lectus Neque [+3] Each row in this example represents a cell in a large datagrid. Clicking the cell with multiple values would open a dropdown list displaying all entries (6, 2 or 4 in the example above). Are there better ways to indicate that the cell has multiple values in it and to view the values? This is for frequently used application, not a website. Thanks, Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help This email is confidential and subject to important disclaimers and conditions including on offers for the purchase or sale of securities, accuracy and completeness of information, viruses, confidentiality, legal privilege, and legal entity disclaimers, available at http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures/email. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
