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My problem with this is that when I see the box (e.g. Multiple Select), I perceive it as a text input. I'd be ill-surprised to discover on a site to (all of a s
by systemizer 15y ago
My problem with this is that when I see the box (e.g. Multiple Select), I perceive it as a text input. I'd be ill-surprised to discover on a site to (all of a sudden) have this protruding box appear out of nowhere.
Better solution: on mouse click, hide the box. Only show the box for autocompletes.
- camiller 15y agoWhen we do this (with jQueryUI) we add the little down arrow button decoration so you expect the dropdown to appear.
- jscheel 15y agoHmm, it definitely is a learned experience. Some form of affordance here would really help clarify what will happen. You could add some placeholder text that says something like "click to add items", but that seems a bit like "turn knob to open door."
- benatkin 15y agoI agree it's not ideal, but I think the majority of users have seen less friendly versions of this. The concept is Token Input. Facebook uses it in places, and they don't have the placeholder text that says "Choose..." when nothing is selected. I think the placeholder text ought to help quite a bit.
- nvictor 15y agothis. a tag text input even.