Popup Button bug??

[Richard Gaskin]

Bob Sneidar wrote:
> I want to present the client user with a list of the names of those profiles.
> If the user does not select a profile, either by clicking off the menu I pop
> up, or by hitting the escape key, then I notify the user that they must
> choose a profile. 

Have you considered a list in modal dialog? 

This would allow a more spacious display for the list and the prompt, prohibit proceeding without the necessary selection, make that necessity clear in its prompt and initially-disabled confirmation button, and offer the option of being entirely keyboard-navigable.


But I'm also curious:

What information does the user need to consider to make that choice, and what would their decision tree look like?

And are some choices better than others?  Are there any that would be a "wrong" choice?  Any that would be a "best" choice?  What are the implications to the system when a suboptimal choice is made?

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Richard Gaskin
FourthWorld.com