Wednesday, August 15, 2018

admin - Should action buttons be separate or part of a single toolbar?




This is a follow-up question from the previous question managing taxonomy hierarchies UI patterns.



Question: When an item in a list has action buttons that perform create/edit/delete actions, is it better to display each action button as a separate element or should they be grouped into a single toolbar?


Separate Elements


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Single Toolbar


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Answer



Separate buttons.


Combining the buttons creates a relationship between the buttons, even though that's not really important. Placing the buttons individually within the element probably does a better job of establishing the relationship between button and item, which is more important.



Plus, it means larger target sizes. Fitts' law and all that.


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