[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #5102: Add "Not applicable" selection to Milestone, Version and Platform fields in Trac

  • From: "koki" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:02:56 -0000

#5102: Add "Not applicable" selection to Milestone, Version and Platform fields 
in
Trac
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 Reporter:  koki          |       Owner:  haiku-web
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:           
Component:  Website/Trac  |     Version:           
 Keywords:                |   Blockedby:           
 Platform:  All           |    Blocking:           
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Comment(by koki):

 Replying to [comment:3 umccullough]:
 > From a usability point of view, Jorge's position on this is very common.
 Users do generally feel better about selecting *something* into a drop
 down box rather than nothing.

 It is not good practice (nor is it common AFAIK) to have unlabelled
 controls in a GUI. Maybe in a drop-down menu an empty selection that is
 not visible does not strike as awkward at first glance; but move the same
 functionality to a group of radio buttons (where all selections are
 exposed), and you will see how visually awkward, unintuitive and
 potentially confusing it would be have an unlabelled/unspecified
 selection.

 Replying to [comment:4 axeld]:
 > I don't mind relabeling the empty entry, I just wouldn't like to have
 extra entries for "N/A".

 Relabeling the entry (to N/A, None or the like) would work IMHO.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/5102#comment:5>
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