[Patternfly] Discussion: Dropdown labels

[Leslie Hinson]

I agree that it make it more clear what the sort is. This would probably be
a simple enough test to pull together so we can come to a decision on this.

Serena/Chris: That would be great if you could pass along any feedback that
you've heard to date.

Allie: What sort of timeline are you looking at?

Leslie

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Gabriel Cardoso <gcardoso at redhat.com>
wrote:

> Hi Allie,
>
> I do believe the label does improve usability. This makes me remember the
> book “Don’t make me think” by Steve Krug. With the label, users don’t need
> to think. Without it, they have to figure it out, perhaps interact with it
> to understand that is sorting.
> That said, I think it also depends on how “clean” we want to leave the
> toolbar.
>
> Thanks,
> Gabriel
>
> On Jul 12, 2016, at 6:13 PM, Serena Doyle <sdoyle at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Allie,
>
> We are using this pattern in the CloudForms self service UI. I haven't
> personally heard any issues with it, but am happy to reach out to the
> CloudForms team to see if they have received any negative feedback.
>
> We did not add a filter label not sort label on the components in the
> toolbar when designing them for PatternFly.  I'm not sure we did any
> specific usability testing on this pattern last summer.  Chris Shinn may
> have some additional information on that.
>
> Thanks!
> Serena
>
> On Tuesday, July 12, 2016, Allie Jacobs <ajacobs at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi PatternFly-ers,
>>
>> I applied the Toolbar pattern
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bo-36tNbAbJ9qrlK0hW3El5vFItugEusivSxDuJ-vf4/edit?ts=5783c18e>
>> to a page in OpenShift.
>>
>> <Toolbar.png>
>> ​
>>
>> One of the developers asked a question about the sort function. He asked
>> about adding a label to the dropdown, something like this:
>> <Sort.png>
>>
>>
>> Do you have other feedback or opinions about this?
>>
>> Do you think adding a label to the sort dropdown is appropriate in the
>> Toolbar?
>>
>> Are there other instances where adding a label to a dropdown would
>> improve usability?
>>
>>
>> Discuss away!
>> Thanks,
>> Allie
>> ​
>>
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>>
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