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Inconsistencies of Moodle forms

For the time being this is only a list of inconsistencies I notices when working with different Moodle forms.

Yes/no dropdown menus

Moodle uses quite a lot of dropdown menus for yes/no questions. These require (at least) two mouse clicks for selecting an option. Therefore alternatives like a simple checkbox or radio buttons would make for better usability and avoid some inconsistencies in the Moodle UI (see screenshot).

See [1] and [2] for further information.

Yes-No vs checkbox.png

Discussed in this General Developer forum thread.

Checkboxes

You tick a checkbox to activate a feature and you untick it for deactivating - or was it the other way round...?

Quiz settings Check for disabling.png