Questions tagged [mobile-text-entry]
the process of entering text on a mobile device, such as might utilise an on screen keyboard or facilitate text messaging
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Keeping the text handle visible at all times when in text editing mode on mobile devices, any accessibility issues?
There is a very interesting article on the 'invisible' problem of editing text on mobile that highlights the lack of novel and tailored UI design patterns for text editing.
One of the really ...
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Use of T menus for text editing in mobile
There is a very interesting article on the 'invisible' problem of editing text on mobile that highlights the lack of novel and tailored UI design patterns for text editing.
In particular, the idea of ...
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How should I design a text field that doubles as text view in a form?
Suppose you have a list of data that also doubles as an editable form like this:
The problem with this is that I cannot show any obtrusive indicator (like text field border) to give the user a visual ...
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Handling too long pre-fill text on text boxes
I'm designing a form for multiple languages on mobile. in english the prefill text is not too long, but when the translations e.g. russian, what's the best way to handle when it ends up being longer ...
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Appropriate labels for multiple times entry fields
I am working on an app where the user can book a service and can select upto 3 occurrence of that service per day. This means the user needs to be prompted to enter three distinct times of the day. I ...
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What is the point of fullscreen keyboard on Android?
On Android, when using landscape mode, certain apps override some user settings and "force" the keyboard to go fullscreen (see first screenshot - WhatsApp app with an Android fullscreen keyboard). The ...
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How to present a character counter for a byte restricted text input?
I have a text input which restricts input of characters when a certain byte limit has been met. I want to indicate this using a character counter which increases or fills up (in case of a progress bar ...
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Input fields - Is <input type phone> more user friendly for credit cards than <input type number>?
Basically this question, but with more usability focus:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48534229/what-is-the-correct-input-type-for-credit-card-numbers
So we have these two general keyboard ...
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single input or seperate inputs for a solution containing units
We are trying to create a web application to teach units to students of 4-6'th grade, the question would be like
what is average velocity of the car that moved 60km in 3 hrs?
The answer would be 20 ...
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How did Twitter choose their character limit? [duplicate]
Twitter posts are limited to 140 "characters", which turns out to mean code points in UTF8 (not the only or even most intuitive measure). Was this determined by a (likely outdated) technical ...
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Proven UX practices for fast data input and further association
I am investigating the ways of solving the following UX task:
There is a user (sales person). They have a tablet. They want just a multiline edit field where they can enter any text about their ...
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Shift placeholder on focus in text field
I have seen some websites where the placeholder in a text box shifts up and lets the user continue typing in the input box, what is this behavior called ?
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Mixing floating text field with normal text field in one app. Bad design?
In the app that I am designing, the user has to enter a verification code. Here I use a simple text field with a hint and no floating labels because there is no way to lose context of what you are ...
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Design for rapid time entry on web and mobile
What is the most efficient way for users to enter a hh:mm time in a web interface and a mobile interface? In this case users would be entering time more than 40 x per hour.
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What are the universally understood symbols for "remote computer" or "server" or "the internet"? [closed]
I've recently came across an idea that mobile device icons are growing into a pictographic language of their own. For example the floppy drive can be considered a universally understood symbol for "...
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