[Patternfly] Discussion: Dropdown labels

[Allie Jacobs]

Thanks for the feedback!

Leslie my timeline isn't for another month, probably two. I'd like to test
this if possible.

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Leslie Hinson <lhinson at redhat.com> wrote:

> 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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