Re: [IxDA Discuss] text changing on buttons
Hi Julie... I like Dante's suggestion of using the auto-save concept to solve the problem; will this approach fold into the rest of the application well? In my experience, I've discovered that auto-save works best when its used consistently throughout the entire application rather than as an isolated surprise. One approach I try to use when thinking about situtations like this is, Am I trying to do too much in this view? I sense that there are two competing purposes to this one view (Print vs. Edit) and you might be better served by using another pattern. The master-detail arrangement might help: The details of a check are edited within a dedicated child dialog or panel that can be reached from the view you've proposed. The Save and Cancel buttons are moved to the child view, leaving Print and Close in the parent view along side the list of checks. This approach should be less ambiguous - no shifting labels or confusing buttons. Good luck, and let us know how it turns out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40834 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
[IxDA Discuss] text changing on buttons
I wanted to solicit people's advice/examples on a small but interesting interaction we're working on. Here's the scenario: User launches a dialog that has a list of people who they need to handwrite checks to (it's a payroll application; don't worry about why they are handwriting and not printing checks). The dialog has a table of the people and the amounts. For each line in the table, the user can do up to two things: - Add/Edit a check number for that person's check - Print a paystub for that check They can do any or all of these things, it is up to them. To support this, we have two buttons on the dialog -- Save and Cancel -- however if someone selects to Print a stub, the Save button changes to Save and Print'. Here's what it looks like in ASCII (the actual is obviously not in ASCII): In the example below: [] = checkbox field = text field Print Stub Name AmountCheck number [ ] John Doe $500 __ [ ] Mary Smith $200 __ [ ] Billy Bob$300 __ [Save] [Cancel] As soon as someone selects to print a stub (by checking of a box in that column) the Save button changes to be Save and Print. Questions: - What do people think about this interaction? - Another option would be to have three buttons to start - Save, Save and Print, Cancel and just disable Save and Print till you've checked something. I think that is just more cluttered and annoying. What do other people think? - Do you have examples of other UIs where the button name changes based on your selection? Julie _ Julie Stanford Principal, Sliced Bread Design 650-969-0400 x706 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] text changing on buttons
Why not just use auto-save and get rid of the save and cancel buttons altogether? Then all you need is a single print button that only does something when one or more lines are checked. Dante Murphy | VP/D User Experience| D I G I T A S H E A L T H 100 Penn Square East| Wanamaker Building, 11th Floor | Philadelphia, PA 19107 | USA Email: dmur...@digitashealth.com www.digitashealth.com -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Julie Stanford Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 1:40 PM To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: [IxDA Discuss] text changing on buttons I wanted to solicit people's advice/examples on a small but interesting interaction we're working on. Here's the scenario: User launches a dialog that has a list of people who they need to handwrite checks to (it's a payroll application; don't worry about why they are handwriting and not printing checks). The dialog has a table of the people and the amounts. For each line in the table, the user can do up to two things: - Add/Edit a check number for that person's check - Print a paystub for that check They can do any or all of these things, it is up to them. To support this, we have two buttons on the dialog -- Save and Cancel -- however if someone selects to Print a stub, the Save button changes to Save and Print'. Here's what it looks like in ASCII (the actual is obviously not in ASCII): In the example below: [] = checkbox field = text field Print Stub Name AmountCheck number [ ] John Doe $500 __ [ ] Mary Smith $200 __ [ ] Billy Bob$300 __ [Save] [Cancel] As soon as someone selects to print a stub (by checking of a box in that column) the Save button changes to be Save and Print. Questions: - What do people think about this interaction? - Another option would be to have three buttons to start - Save, Save and Print, Cancel and just disable Save and Print till you've checked something. I think that is just more cluttered and annoying. What do other people think? - Do you have examples of other UIs where the button name changes based on your selection? Julie _ Julie Stanford Principal, Sliced Bread Design 650-969-0400 x706 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 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
