FusionGPS: Design Patterns: Detail on Demand Pattern Set

Detail on Demand Pattern Set

Version 2.0.0.0


Description

Some available information or actions can be considered details and are not needed most of the time. The most often used items (information or actions) should be right at hand and distinct from the details that can be accessed only if needed.


Patterns Contained in This Set

Hover Details	Details that are exposed when you move your cursor over a link or icon that represents an object
Dialog Box Details	Details that are available by launching a dialog box
Hide and Show Details	Details that are available within a collapsible section of the page
Show More/Show Less Detail	Enables the user to toggle between an abbreviated list of details and full details
Drill-Down Details	Details that are available by drilling down into a detail page


Pattern Set Decision Table

	Hover Details	Dialog Box Details	Hide and Show Details	Show More/ Show Less Detail	Drill-Down Details
Do the details become a primary resource for users and steps in their tasks? Do the users spend considerable time looking at the details?	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Do users need to quickly obtain details (glance and close)?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Do these details need to be seen in conjunction with the other information?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
How much space do the details use?	Small read-only form or data	Does not exceed 512 x 384 pixels	A few inches of screen real estate	A few inches of screen real estate	A page or more of detail


Getting Started with This Pattern Set

To get started with this pattern set:

Decide which portions of the available information or actions that the user needs most frequently. As a rule of thumb, this information consists of functionality or content that is used more than 25 percent of the time by a user visiting that page. Required fields that have not been defaulted or already completed are always most frequently needed.
Show the most frequently needed information on the page; consider everything else details.
Select from the following patterns to provide interactive ways for the user to get to and from the details. The details may be in view or edit mode as required.


Related Patterns

Master Detail	Provides a special way of showing details and their relationships with the parent object or set
Record Navigation	Enables efficient interobject navigation when users are working through lists of objects. May be used when users need to see details for a multiple objects from an object set
Hierarchies	Provides a method of organizing and displaying large sets of hierarchical information (Tree, Categorized Content)


Related Guidelines

Headers	Guidelines for headers and subheaders including show/hide regions
Secondary Windows	Guidelines governing the use of secondary windows or dialog boxes
Tables	Guidelines for row detail regions in a table

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