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Revision as of 09:46, 8 August 2009
Moodle User Interface Guidelines > Dropdown Lists
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Status: incomplete This is a guideline for a Moodle Interface Guideline. Comments: developer forum thread
Problem
Context
Forces: factors that affect selection
- There may be too little room for several radio buttons or even for a checkbox
Solution
Common mistakes
Dropdown lists are used in Moodle (1.9) too much, and should be replaced with a checkbox when the choice is just yes/no, or otherwise usually with radio buttons.
A dropdown menu is not a navigation menu, but a form element. Hiding the submit button and making the form element submit automatically when a value is selected may raise serious accessibility issues. Where one is needed, a navigation menu (usually a CSS styled unordered list in HTML) should be used.
Examples and implementation
Example title
Related guidelines
Checkboxes and Radio buttons should be used instead in most cases.
Related issues in the tracker
TODO: go through the misuses of dropdown lists and create tickets
