Modern web design with data tables that don’t stretch
I am working on what you could call an accounting or payroll software. They want to convert it bit by bit to a web app. The original desktop tool has that 1990’s look, relatively small windows packed with data.
Now what they want for the n…
Data table bulk actions which are independent of each other
I have a table where the user can perform some actions for some rows but not all. These actions are independent of each other. The table could potentially have unto 20 rows.
I have 2 solutions. I think I prefer option 1 as it separates the…
Using a Google Spreadsheet to feed input to a web application
I am building a mathematical web application, that gets as input a large matrix of numbers, and does some mathematical calculations on it. The common ways to feed input into such an application are:
An HTML table widget, where the user ca…
Can I break consistency in behalf of UX?
I’m working on a big platform. It has many tables with consistent design.
Now, I’m designing a new page, and I think it’s better for these tables if the rows will be smaller than across all platform tables. Can I break this consistency for…
What is correct style for displaying dollar figures in a column in a table?
I have a table of two columns. One is list of expenses (or revenue). The other is dollar figures.
Should the dollar sign ($) appear with every figure? Or should I put it only with the figure on the first line and again with the sum (as I …
should i show action button in table header while designing for Webapp
I am going to design a table view but I have a problem that I wanted to show the action button. I am confused it is okay to show the action button in the Table header.
Making sorting discoverable on a table with no default sort
We have a table that orders results of clients (can be searched on name, address, email, phone, etc.) based on an algorithm, so there isn’t a "default" sort we can mark with an arrow to indicate the table is sortable. However, th…
Best way to Display Responsive Tables on Small Breakpoints?
I have a web-based dashboard with several tables spanning 80% of the page width.
Its a very typical responsive table design. A few columns (3-10), many rows (up to 100+), pagination, search filters etc.
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Name
Status
Timestamp
Descri…
Filtering: Input-fields or buttons?
I’m currently working on new tables for our web platform. I came to a point when I need to design some filtering options as part of the design. One of our developers told me to use a text field that opens a menu since he already developed …
Best practices for handling a lot of information in a single cell in a data table
Im designing a data table in which one of the columns has the potential to hold a lot of information in each cell. Here’s a screenshot from the live app as it exists today:
The column with red outlines called "Access Level" has …