Inline Contextual Actions
Adding additional detail with mouse hover ...
"This is a belated post, but certainly still relevant. Last month, Bill Scott wrote up a great overview of various “mouse hover” interaction elements including: inline editing, rating, flagging, zooming, and exposing additional detail.
I added to his list by pointing out that mouse hovers can include both additional details AND multiple actions. This makes additional actions immediately usable and removes the need for a page refresh and link back to the original context (the traditional web interaction for exposing additional actions).
Many times, users just need a bit more context to understand the implications of an action and do not need the screen real estate a full page provides. Instead, these additional details can be exposed in a mouse hover." continued ... (Via Functioning Form)
"This is a belated post, but certainly still relevant. Last month, Bill Scott wrote up a great overview of various “mouse hover” interaction elements including: inline editing, rating, flagging, zooming, and exposing additional detail.
I added to his list by pointing out that mouse hovers can include both additional details AND multiple actions. This makes additional actions immediately usable and removes the need for a page refresh and link back to the original context (the traditional web interaction for exposing additional actions).
Many times, users just need a bit more context to understand the implications of an action and do not need the screen real estate a full page provides. Instead, these additional details can be exposed in a mouse hover." continued ... (Via Functioning Form)
Additional Actions with Mouse Hover.
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