AlphaSlider

Updated: April 11, 1997; G. Waloszek

Purpose

Alphaslider is a slider used for choosing one of thousands of text items. It combines a small footprint and rapid selection using two levels of granularity for interaction.

Applications

Selection of items that are characterized by their names, whereby the user may specify a range of letters. A typical application is the selection of films by their names in FilmFinder.

Authors

Ben Shneiderman, a.o. (MIT)

Links

• www.cs.umd.edu/projects/hcil/Research/UMDWLib.html (no longer available)
• HCIL (University of Maryland): www.cs.umd.edu/projects/hcil/