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Interesting MS<>Google partnership on the design front. Wish they had redesigned `<select multiple>` though. That's one component that really feels stuck a mill

• fabianlindfors 7y ago
  <select multiple> is in desperate need of a redesign. I made multi.js (https://github.com/fabianlindfors/multi.js https://github.com/fabianlindfors/multi.js) to fix this but hopefully browsers will take the matter into their own hands.
  • megaman821 7y ago
    Native multi-selection is the worst. The fact that you have to hold down a modifier key to make multiple selections is a usability nightmare. I have rarely seen a person who knows how to use the native browser widget. Even when you do know how to use it, it is just too easy to make a mistake. If there were 5 options already selected and you want to add a sixth, so you click it but you forgot to hold down the right key. Now the 5 previously selected options are gone with no way to get them back. In general I like using native widgets because mobile browsers do a lot of work to make native widgets usable on phones, but <select multiple> is so bad on the desktop that I always replace it.