Hello Folks, I am in an interesting situation with regards to table interaction. I have some data that is presented in table format. The table has Search, Sort on some columns, Number of results per page drop down and Pagination. We do not have "Show All" rows as it takes a long time for the page to load. We also have "Delete" functionality.
My Specific question is: The question is if a user selects few rows on page 1 for deletion and moves from page 1 to page 2 and subsequently page 3, should a user be allowed to "delete" the rows selected on page 1 while they are in page 3. While a user has moved from Page 1 to Page 2 to 3 and so on, chances are they selected few more rows on different pages and marked for deletion. Is it okay to allow them to delete rows selected across different pages as they don't see what they have selected in previous pages? Personally I am not comfortable allowing users to delete what they cant see even though they marked it themselves as they can't see a summary of selected items with the existing design. I would love to get your thoughts! P:S: We currently retain the selection across different pages and a user can go back and forth between pages and can check or uncheck their selection. We erase the selection after a user moves to different application or the session times out. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
