Re: [pgadmin-hackers] [Design update] Style guide for pgAdmin4

Looks nice.

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Shirley Wang <swang(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We've updated the borders around alerts so that they are more prominent.
>
> [image: error alert (1).png]
> [image: success alert (2).png]
> [image: Neutral alert.png]
> Everything else stays the same. Let me know your thoughts if any.
>
> Shirley & Shruti
>
> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 3:02 PM Shirley Wang <swang(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 11:55 AM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Shirley Wang <swang(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> When you say "icon" here, are you talking about the combo box arrow,
>>>>> or icons on the items themselves? The latter are often useful if you have
>>>>> items of different types in the same list.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think we should have the combo box arrow, to show the user they
>>>>> don't have to type if they don't want to.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm talking about the combo box arrow. I think that's fine, but in that
>>>> case users shouldn't be able type, they should only be able to select from
>>>> a group of options, like this:
>>>>
>>>> [image: options.png]
>>>> From what I understand, the text field where a user can type in is for
>>>> searching through options available to them. If we know that people tend to
>>>> search by typing more than scrolling, we should use the precedent for type
>>>> ahead dropdowns <https://twitter.github.io/typeahead.js/examples/>.
>>>>
>>>
>>> We are using a much older precedent - one used in Windows for 20+ years
>>> (possibly other OSs too).
>>>
>>> Remember that some of these combo boxes contain values that are specific
>>> to the database object - the user may not know what to start typing, so the
>>> arrow gives them a hint that they can get a list by clicking - or they can
>>> type.
>>>
>>> The real difference here is that we also include the x to allow the box
>>> to be cleared, where Windows would add a blank option as the first thing in
>>> the list typically.
>>>
>>>
>> I see. It feels like we're at a standstill as to which precedent to use
>> and neither of us is wrong. This might be a good candidate for user
>> testing. We can see how people are using the x as well as learn more about
>> typing / selecting an option behavior.
>>
>> I believe there are some dropdowns in the partition design we can use to
>> test. If it doesn't make sense there, I'm fine putting this in the back
>> burner until there is a good workflow to test it.
>>
>

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