UI: "Page 1 of 0" OR "Page 1 of 1" OR "Page 0 of 0" for ZERO rows?

+11 A:

"Page 1 of 1"

You are still printing a page out, even if it is to say "There is no data available for your query".

JeeBee 2009-01-22 11:51:18

+1 A:

Its gotta be Page 1 of 1 if a page exists at all. IMO there should not be any pages for empty datasets.

SDX2000 2009-01-22 11:52:22

+9 A:

Or you just don’t print the pagination if there is no dataset.

Gumbo 2009-01-22 11:52:38

Yes, who needs clutter? Treat it like a different screen than one that shows data, if it makes you feel better.

Michael Zuschlag 2009-01-23 03:28:47

+10 A:

"No results found" and not showing a malformed dataset at all would be my UE method of choice, 95% of the time.

0 of 0 if you must though, anything else implies some data exists.

annakata 2009-01-22 11:52:48

+1. Don't print a page, you clown. What have the trees ever done to you? :-)

paxdiablo 2009-01-22 12:11:17

The media isn't paper... it is screen!

Daniel Silveira 2009-01-22 12:13:45

I think he was being facetious :) Showing tables (or whatever) with all the attendant headers, footers and nav controls with no data to relate to is a design anti-pattern. You should present the information at hand in as clear and concise a way as possible.

annakata 2009-01-22 12:20:33

I should say my "0/0" view is web-centric, JeeBee may be thinking from a more traditional standpoint.

annakata 2009-02-13 10:10:50

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