RE: Design Patterns for Database Maintenance Screens

If there aren't too many options, I'd go for the icon approach. There are
generally acceptable icons these days, like the X for delete, Pencil or
Property Page for Edit, Envelope for e-mail object, etc. If there are many
more you could add a ... for more options, or move to the popup approach you
mention. I find the popup cool, but not many people know the interface, so
if it's a defined group of people you can train, great; if it's a large
population (all parents for example) then I'd shy away from that.

-Walden

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-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan M. Andelin [mailto:nandelin@RELATIONAL-DATA.COM] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 7:20 PM
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Design Patterns for Database Maintenance Screens


> From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
> Walden, I agree.  As part of a "design pattern", the ability
> to assign alternating colors to rows is very important.

Thank you for the tip, guys.

> The other is to be able to assign shading to COLUMNS,
> preferably in groups.

Ok.  Use shading judiciously for grouping elements.

In addition to inquiry, a maintenance program needs to assist with the
addition, modification, and deletion of records.  Are there any
recommendations in that regard?

One design pattern might be using an "option" dropdown box or input box next
to the records in question.  Another idea is displaying a popup menu as the
mouse hovers over the record in question.  Another is to place a checkbox
next to each record in the list, then triggering a <submit> based on one
additional keyboard or mouse-click event.

Any opinions?

Thanks,

Nathan M. Andelin
www.relational-data.com



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