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1. Re: Move search filter
admin Jan 9, 2007 3:04 PM (in response to kbarfield)i would always put the filters at the bottom, under the tables.
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2. Re: Move search filter
kukeltje Jan 9, 2007 6:16 PM (in response to kbarfield)I disagree (as stated before), but a hide/show button is prefered (would that qualify as move them away ;-))
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3. Re: Move search filter
kbarfield Jan 10, 2007 10:12 AM (in response to kbarfield)My vote would be to have a "Filter Search Results" link that would take you to a filter form. Submit the form, get the list with links "Reset Search Filter" and "Update Search Filter".
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4. Re: Move search filter
dmlloyd Jan 10, 2007 10:38 AM (in response to kbarfield)Everybody has a different opinion on this. What is wrong with how it is now? Is it really that confusing?
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5. Re: Move search filter
kbarfield Jan 10, 2007 11:13 AM (in response to kbarfield)I feel it is in the way and confusing right now, especially when there are no results in the list. So, we show headers for the list, a bunch of text boxes, and no data.
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6. Re: Move search filter
koen.aers Jan 10, 2007 11:25 AM (in response to kbarfield)In the meantime I also had a look at this... (well, Tom forced me to look at it to be honest ;-) )
I think that the criteria filter should appear as a block of controls at the bottom of the screen *if it is visible at all*. I would make it unvisible by default and provide a link that can toggle the visibility of this block, also at the bottom of the screen.
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7. Re: Move search filter
kukeltje Jan 10, 2007 12:16 PM (in response to kbarfield)toggle: +1
bottom of screen: Only if the toggle is visible without scrolling. (top still prefered, as did, for a different app, a whole bunch of our customters (3:1 ratio in favour of filters at the top WITH a toggle) -
8. Re: Move search filter
dmlloyd Jan 10, 2007 12:23 PM (in response to kbarfield)"kukeltje" wrote:
toggle: +1
bottom of screen: Only if the toggle is visible without scrolling. (top still prefered, as did, for a different app, a whole bunch of our customters (3:1 ratio in favour of filters at the top WITH a toggle)
Real(ish) data++
Here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to keep the filters right where they are, but I'm going to have a link to show/hide the filters. Case closed, end of story. :-) -
9. Re: Move search filter
tom.baeyens Jan 11, 2007 4:34 AM (in response to kbarfield)looking over all the comments i see a different conclusion:
a separate search criteria form at the top of the page. that form should be toggelable and it should be collapsed by default so that only a link with search criteria is visible at the top of the table.
from the comments i distill two main advantages for a separate search criteria form:
1) a separate form shows its purpose better. with the current inline search criteria fields it might not be clear to a user why these fields are their.
2) flexibility: a separate search form might give you more filter options then just text per column. e.g. a checkbox to filter out all but the latest versions of a process definition.