Last modified: 2014-07-15 01:47:35 UTC
Created attachment 15687 [details] mockup of suggestion The checkboxes/text for the "Use this preference on all wikis", appear directly in line with the parent-preference that they're associated with. This makes it unclear, that they will only affect the item above. Suggestion: Indent those lines, so that they are more intuitively linkable with their parent-preference. (rough mockup attached, but other stylings are possible)
My suggestion: Indent, then have a different shape for that checkbox (radio button, maybe?)
(In reply to Elitre from comment #1) > My suggestion: Indent, then have a different shape for that checkbox (radio > button, maybe?) (You mean a "circular-styled checkbox".) Yes, that'd be a reasonable addition, to further emphasize the different nature of these toggles. Or some sort of dotted line in an L-shape. (@Elitre: Checkboxes are for [on/off] binary toggles. Whereas Radio buttons are for "pick only one of these multiple-options" selections. See this page, for a 1 sentence explanation and example, of each: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp :)
Created attachment 15691 [details] mock of suggestions I don't think adding the L shaped line is necessary. Taking Quiddity and Elitre's suggestion a little further I've made the size of the text smaller and increased the space between the two options to show the grouping.
Don't do different shapes. If this is really the best way to implement it, just indent it (making it slightly smaller also probably wouldn't hurt, but it's less important). That makes the relationship clear without confusing the functionality with different kinds of inputs, in this case due to radial ones being circular.
(In reply to Isarra from comment #4) > If this is really the best way to implement it, just indent it. I am sure there are better ways, this is just the one that I (we) could think of. > That makes the relationship clear without confusing the functionality with different kinds of inputs, in this case due to radio ones being circular. Agreed, no point making a circular checkbox and causing confusion. Lets make the second one a checkbox too but keep the margins and sizes that are seen in attachment 15691 [details] ?
(In reply to Prateek Saxena from comment #5) > Agreed, no point making a circular checkbox and causing confusion. Lets make > the second one a checkbox too but keep the margins and sizes that are seen > in attachment 15691 [details] ? Margin yes, Size no. Something Bigger is needed. (that mockup attachment uses smaller text). The whole point of this GlobalPreference page is for editors to checkmark those "Use this preference on all wikis" boxes - We want to highlight them (just without overwhelming the page). :) I'd suggest a CSS class on the checkbox, and a CSS class on the repeated message, so that we can experiment with options by ourselves. (Perhaps with slightly larger text as a default.)
(In reply to Quiddity from comment #6) > I'd suggest a CSS class on the checkbox, and a CSS class on the repeated > message, so that we can experiment with options by ourselves. (Perhaps with > slightly larger text as a default.) Ok, did that in I2f70d8763be7081466b7a25b77537ff77ffa3fe9.
