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On iOS I could three steps: 1. tap dropdown to select 2. scroll list 3. tap 'Done' But with any list of significant length (the reason you would use a dropdown
by threefour 11y ago
On iOS I could three steps:
1. tap dropdown to select
2. scroll list
3. tap 'Done'
But with any list of significant length (the reason you would use a dropdown in the first place) you'll probably need a few actions to scroll to the right item.
- coldtea 11y agoOn the other hand, any list of "significant length" is best served by a dropdown. None of the options he shows in the article works well there.
- vidarh 11y agoA list of significant length is often best served by search.
- simoncion 11y agoUnless -of course- you don't have a good idea of what it is that you want to search for! This happens to me far more frequently than I would like. :)
- vidarh 11y agoAt which point a search with instant feedback is still often far better than trying to scan a huge list.
- coldtea 11y agoNot really. If you don't know what you're looking for, search with instant feedback wont work, because while you might find something, you don't know if you missed a better option (under another starting letter or substring).
- coldtea 11y agoOnly if you know the options in advance as the sibling comment says. And mostly for very significant length (e.g. "all my songs") E.g. for up to 20-30 items dropdown is still better, and you can select with one finger without much concetration. Of course there's also the "searchable dropdown", or a dropdown where you can type the first letter(s) of an options to jump there.