Pulldown Button

Problem

The user needs to select an item out of a set of items

Solution

Show the items by their visual representation in a circular fashion so that one item can be selected at a time.

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Use when

The items need considerable space to display, usually because the are displayed as an image. At the same time the space for the items is limited. Typically only enough for 5-8 items. The set of items shouldn't be to large because otherwise it takes to long to select the item. Do not use for more than 3x times the amount of items that are visible at one time.

How

Show the item in a rectangular space with arrow buttons at both ends. Display the items and highlight the one that is currently selected.

Why

tbw

More Examples

Google also uses a pulldown-button for replying and hiding other options:

Literature

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Code examples

Carousel component
3D Carousel in Flash
http://www.jdstiles.com/java/nav/3dspinmenu.html http://billwscott.com/carousel/

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