Hi,
I am designing a screen which displays detailed information about a ‘thing’ but that can also be used to update these details. i.e. the fields in the screen are read-write (for admin level users.)
I seem to have 4 options of how to design this;
1. I can have a button that says ‘Apply Changes’ which only becomes available when a value has been changed. The user will click this button to apply their changes.
2. A button that says ‘OK’ that is used to exit the screen. If changes have been made, the update will apply when the OK button is clicked.
3. A pop-up box that comes up automatically as soon as a field is changed to confirm the change.
4. The label for the field can be a button which has to be clicked to update the value. The value is entered in the pop-up dialog box, not the field in the form.
Any thoughts on which is better?
Thanks :-)
EC
Bo Lora
44 Reputation points
Posted 2011/05/09 @ 11:34AM with
I’ve always had an extreme aversion to screens that double as display and edit fields. It is very difficult to review and scan records that are displayed in forms. I always opt for the edit button that converts all editable page the elements to a form. An alternative is to have clickable fields that do not look like form elements. Once the user clicks on them a save and cancel button appears in near proximity. Flikr.com does this with photo captions in your albums.
Jerry Mears
0 Reputation points
Posted 2011/06/06 @ 03:10AM with
I would say option 4 covers any confusion if there is a clickable button next to each field to use to make any changes.
Rahul Godbole
1 Reputation points
Posted 2011/08/01 @ 02:22AM with
I would say if the updation is a “critical” function which may affect any other task of the user then use a OK button but on OK button provide a confirmation. IBut if this is not the case OK and cancel button are good thing…