user-interface

Is there a way to configure the fields that get "focus" when a record is opened up for editing in Quickbase?

This is Quickbase. When I open one of my forms to edit a record, the drop down at the top has "focus". That means, it's highlighted just as if the user clicked on it. In a second form I created, nothing seems to have focus when I open up a record to edit. Is this focus something that can be configured? I'd rather nothing had focus w...

Time Entry in a Week View UI Implementation Examples

I'm looking for some good/proven examples of UI designs for a time entry system that allow input in a week view. Are there good design examples that come to mind? ...

What is the best practice for form and dialog placement on single and multi-monitor systems?

I'm having a sort out of my (Delphi) applications and I been visiting the floating form size and location persistence which seems to be increasingly important with larger screen real-estate and multi-monitors. Clearly it is often desireable to have a user's form reopen in the same place as they closed it, but maybe not always, for exampl...

POS UI design & development: what should be included & avoided?

I'm having to design & develop UI for a Point of Sale (POS) system. There are obvious features that need to be included, like product selection & quantity, payment method, tender amount, user login (as many users will use one terminal), etc. My question is related more towards the UI design aspect of developing this system. How should...

What software on Mac used to prototype user interface?

so, title will be it. ...

UI Pattern

I have a repeating User interface pattern in my application. An example is collection of 5 years address data. I need to collect data for 5 years and then move on. Can anyone point me to any good UI design sites to achieve this sort of functionality.At the moment I have a Form view at the top and the details view at the bottom which is c...

jQuery UI regenerate (zombie) draggable elements

Dear all, I'd like to know how to create draggable elements using jQuery UI that once they are dragged and dropped into another container, regenerate the same item. For example, I can drop a button from container A to container B, and once I do that, the same button (a clone) re-emerges in container A. Thanks in advance. ...

I need to dynamically generate questionnaires in aspnet 3.5 using sqlserver 2005 data.

I have been given an assignment that requires dynamically creating many web data entry pages mostly in questionnaire form. I am using visual studio 2008, aspnet , c#3.5 and sqlserver 2005. The questions are hierarchical and are stored in sqlserver with hierarchy info and info on which questionnaire(s) they belong to. Some questions...

Interactive Website prototyping

I would like to rapidly prototype new features for a website. I'm looking for a way to: Build around an existing, complex website Allow for interactivity Ridiculously fast and easy to try out new things I imagine something that allows me to say "render this website, but on pages with URLs like this, tag on this thing that I'm now dr...

Could someone recommend a good book on designing web UI with css?

Not javascript related,but only with pure css. I really need a book to teach me how to beautify the web UI badly! ...

Gold Bar in Winforms

I need to create a Gold bar for my windows form similar to what is shown when asked to install Active X controll. Is there one available? Thanks ...

jQuery UI tabs disable tab navigation

I tried to disable tab navigation using var $tabs = $("#tabs").tabs({ select: function(event, ui) { return false; } }); However, this also disables the flow links I'm using for navigation: $('input.nexttab').click(function() { var tab_num = $tabs.tabs('option', 'selected'); // error check this tab before proceeding if...

WPF Touchscreen User Interface Guidelines

Hi, Does anyone know of any good resources relating to UI design, specifically focusing on WPF and touchscreens? Thanks for your time ...

iPhone: scroll table view cell to visible above custom keyboard-aligned toolbar?

I've been asking a question or two over the past few days of working on an application that keeps a custom toolbar aligned to the top of the iPhone keyboard. I'm using the method described by Josh in this question; basically, I have the view controller listen for the UIKeyboardWillShowNotification and add the toolbar as necessary. The v...

What certification paths are good for a UI Developer career?

Hey brain trust. Our company has tasked us to begin getting certifications in our career path. While I can take the pretty easy route and just go for development tool certifications, is anyone aware of good certs for someone in the realm of UI design? Thanks! [more info requested] company paid. This is mostly a microsoft house. Curren...

Force Look/Feel in SWT

Hopefully no one has asked this question - didn't see it, but I apologize if it's a duplicate. Anyway, I'm building some plug-ins with Eclipse RCP and am using SWT for my UI. I have a Composite that contains some panels and other items - anyway, I've noticed a bit of a difference in the appearance of the UI depending on how my OS is se...

Why is there no cancel button in Android's progress dialogs ?

I'm facing the same head-scratching moment similar to what this person (from Jan 2008) experienced when I realize that there is no cancel button in Android's progress dialog or spinners. It is now July 2009 and I've just installed the cupcake version of Android. Has this thing changed ? If not, are you adding a cancel button into the dia...

How does Web Design differ for SAAS over traditional websites?

Looking for guidance on how UI design differs for multitenant applications. Pointers to whitepapers and blog entries greatly appreciated. ...

Draggable data points in Excel 2007?

I know Microsoft removed draggable points in 2007, but I need to get that function back. So far, I've got the MouseDown and MouseUp events trapped, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to scale the cursor's movement (which is measured in pixels) to a change of the selected point (arbitrary scale) Using VBA, how can I find the heig...

Observer pattern Or DataBinding

Hello all, My question is, would you implement the Observer pattern, or use databinding to do the following: At the moment, i'm initializing a list of GuiDataObj. When an event is triggered, I look up the GuiDataObjById and then modify the object, which is databound to a GuiElement; which updates the GUI. There are several GuiElement...