Pattern library

All patterns are listed here. It's quite a bunch of them, but I have tried to group them meaningfully.

User needs

Patterns that meet a direct need of the user.

Navigating around · Accordion · Headerless Menu · Breadcrumbs · Directory Navigation · Doormat Navigation · Double Tab Navigation · Faceted Navigation · Fly-out Menu · Home Link · Icon Menu · Main Navigation · Map Navigator · Meta Navigation · Minesweeping · Panning Navigator · Overlay Menu · Repeated Menu · Retractable Menu · Scrolling Menu · Shortcut Box · Split Navigation · Teaser Menu · To-the-top Link · Trail Menu · Navigation Tree Basic interactions · Action Button · Guided Tour · Paging · Pulldown Button · Slideshow · Stepping · Wizard

Searching · Advanced Search · Autocomplete · Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) · Help Wizard · Search Box · Search Area · Search Results · Search Tips · Site Index · Site Map · Footer Sitemap · Tag Cloud · Topic Pages Dealing with data · Carrousel · Table Filter · Collapsible Panels · Details On Demand · Collector · Inplace replacement · List Builder · List Entry View · Overview by Detail · Parts Selector · Tabs · Table Sorter · Thumbnail · View Personalizing · Customizable Window · Login · Registration

Shopping · Booking · Product Comparison · Product Advisor · Product Configurator · Purchase Process · Shopping Cart · Store Locator · Testimonials · Virtual Product Display Making choices · Country Selector · Date Selector · Language Selector · Poll · Rating Giving input · Comment Box · Constraint Input · Form Miscelleaneous · Footer Bar · Hotlist · News Box · News Ticker · Send-a-Friend Link

Application needs

Patterns that help the application, or you the designer, communicate better with the user

Drawing attention · Captcha · Center Stage · Color Coded Section · Premium Content Lock · Grid-based Layout · Liquid Layout · Outgoing Links · Alternating Row Colors

Feedback · Input Error Message · Processing Page

Simplifying interaction · Enlarged Clickarea · Font Enlarger

Context of design

The context of the design

Site types · Web-based Application · Artist Site · Automotive Site · Branded Promotion Site · Campaign Site · E-commerce Site · Community Site · Corporate Site · Multinational Site · Museum Site · Personalized 'My' Site · News Site · Portal Site · Travel Site

Experiences · Community Building · Information Management · Fun · Information Seeking · Learning · Assistence · Shopping · Story Telling

Page types · Article Page · Blog Page · Case Study · Contact Page · Event Calendar · Forum · Guest Book · Help Page · Homepage · Newsletter · Printer-friendly Page · Product Page · Tutorial