ui-design means User interface design. It is the design of websites, computers, appliances, machines, mobile communication devices, and software applications with the focus on the user's experience and interaction.
Questions tagged [ui-design]
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Android UI Design Idea
I have been working on android for the last 6 months. I wonder why UI Design is done in "dp"s. It would be great if its mentioned in "%" instead of dp's. What i meant to say is assuming total width and height of the screen to "100%" we can divide…
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Fixed width columns in Antd?
I have read Antd's layout design documents and the docs on Grid and Layout. What I don't understand is how to accomplish the following design in Antd:
I'd like my app to have a single centered column.
On a wide screen (landscape clients), the…
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UI design for time tracking
I'm trying to think an interface for a time-keeping system that will let users see "at a glance" how much time still needs to be completed.
This is complicated by the fact that there are no fixed hours - employees must work at least 6 hours on any…
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How to remove margin from a viewController?
I have created a new project using storyboard. Now, I want to add a UIView into the default ViewController. When I tried to add constraint using AutoLayout to the UIView with it's parent ViewController, it is showing -16 instead of 0 at both leading…
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Usability: Save changes using "Apply" button or after every single change?
I am interested in hearing opinions and experiences of fellow developers on topic of designing user interface, usability AND maintainability-wise.
Common approach is to allow users to tweak options and after form gets "dirty", enable "Apply" button,…
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Should the padding and margin be 4dp or 8dp under the 48dp rhythm in Android design?
Recently I read the Design Guide on Metrics and Grids. It talks about a 48dp rythm which I should utilize in my layouts.
But the Chapter "Mind Gap" confuses me. It states:
Spacing between each UI element is 8dp.
But in this graphic:
And in the…
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UI Design Help / Advice
I have a dillema where our client relations department has been brought in for advice on UI and I vehemently disagree with it...even though I don't consider myself a designer at all. While I have been vocal about my disagreement about it, I've been…
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Is there a Delphi dropdown notification component?
You know how in Firefox, if something happens that requires your attention but isn't immediately urgent enough to require a modal dialog, it will drop down a little strip at the top of the tab with a question on it? I'd like to be able to put…
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How to visually reject user input in a table?
In the programming of a table-based application module (i.e. the user mostly enters tabular data in an already laid-out table), how would you reject user input for a given cell?
The scenario is: the user edits the cell, enters something (text,…
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How to indicate that a column in a table is sortable (UI design question)?
In the application that I am working on, there is tabular data (for the record, it is a Java Swing app using JTables). In some cases the data is sortable by clicking on the column headers.
What I want to know is what is a good way to indicate to the…
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Why aren't standard physical length units like mm used for touch UI layout?
If you're laying out an interactive touch UI element, such as a button, you want something with a sensible physical size, so the user can hit it comfortably. In this way, laying out a touch UI is just like laying out physical buttons and knobs on an…
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Add line below tabs in ActionBar
After a lot of looking here and there I am posting this problem that I am facing on SO. Basically I have an Action bar with a tabbed layout. Below is a snapshot of how it looks now :
And here is the code chunk that sets the tabs :
public void…
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bookmarklet popup: generate divs via JS, or iframe?
When creating a bookmarklet that opens a "fake popup" (similar to amazon's wishlist, pinterest, etc) why do people not use iframes instead of generating all the elements and removing all page styles from them? As far as I can tell:
Iframe pros:
can…
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Volume Control element in WPF
I think this question goes more to all UI designers ;-)
I want to make a WPFelement that looks like a volume control knob on a hifi amplifier. To get a better expresion of what I am talking about take a look at this pic
I cut this out of the sw…
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WP7 alternative to tabs
I have a mobile app. On the two major smartphone platforms, I employ tabbed UI - there are 3-4 screens with pretty much independent functionality, they exchange info very occasionally, most of the time screen switching is performed by the user, in…
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