Monday, December 2, 2019

website design - Select as title vs. Tabs


I'm trying to decide between using a custom css select as a title versus using tabs on a page I'm working on.


The select version is a bit cleaner and it takes up less vertical space, but I'm afraid users will have a hard time finding the other options, if they're not displayed on the page.


Another reason to go for the tabs option is that the last two tabs will be used much less frequently than the first one.


What do you guys think?



Answer



If you only have a few options and enough vertical space free, you should use the tabs. The tabs are a lot faster to switch between, and show all the options to users at the same time. They are generally much easier to use, but take up more space.


If you have many options (say 10+), or you have limited vertical space, you should use the select. If you have that many options though, I would first see if there is a sane way of improving the hierarchy / structure of your program to limit them.


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