Usability of sub / nested grids
I would like to have some consensus around the UI feature I am currently working on. The general idea is that I have a list of items and you can select an item and act on it. The helper functionality is currently implemented as a browser popup. We found that our users generally don't like a ton of pop-ups.
So with this new revision, I was thinking about moving the functionality from a separate popup to a subhead that can be expanded with each grid item. However, I'm worried that this is simply trading one set of usability problems for another. I thought I was doing a classic style of master / detail presentation ... but I personally really don't like that as you travel so far away from picking the master record to work on the details.
So ... does anyone have any thoughts, experiences or ideas that they would like to share?: - D
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I used the scenario mentioned in the grid. The customer was happy and we noticed that when the color combination was correct, even the users had no problems. We used the telerik grid and provided the functionality for this.
You can check a demo from telerik here: http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/Grid/Examples/DataEditing/UserControlEditForm/DefaultCS.aspx
Let me know if this works for you?
Ramjee
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