Consistency of single-select and multi-select dropdown menus

[Richard_Sather]

I’ve been quiet too long about this.. that’s it, I’ve cracked!

Call me a nerd and a consistency freak but is there a reason why the dropdown sizes of a single-select and multi-select fields are different? It would warm my heart to see these equally visually presented, both in length and width.

Single-select field options show 9 visible options within a scrollable container:

Multi-select field options show about 4 and half visible options in a shorter and much wider scrollable container:

Cc @lpb @Jan-Rienk

[Jan-Rienk]

Also, why not include a radio button for single select where a checkbox is for multi-select?

I believe that is the standard.

[Phil_Seeman]

Glad you brought it up, @Richard_Sather!

The width difference makes total sense to me; the multi-select needs a wider control as it needs to be able to display multiple selections within it, unlike the single-select.

The height difference makes no sense! The multi-select should be the same longer height as the single-select, for sure.

@Jan-Rienk

why not include a radio button for single select

Actually that wouldn’t be standard; a dropdown list and a list of items with radio buttons are two distinct and mutually-exclusive ways to implement a selection of a single item from a set of items.

[Richard_Sather]

Well, I would challenge the ‘width’ because we still have the same space on the left which is either for the in the single-select or the in the multi-select, right? So why the extra width on the right of the multi-select

[Phil_Seeman]

@Richard_Sather

why the extra width on the right of the multi-select

I didn’t follow your point about the left-hand side - I’m not following why that’s relevant - but the reason the multi-select should be wider is if it were the same width as the single-select then this:

would instead look something like this, offering much less room to conveniently view and manage one’s choices:

[Richard_Sather]

Yup, I see your point now!

@Phil_Seeman

The width difference makes total sense to me; the multi-select needs a wider control as it needs to be able to display multiple selections within it, unlike the single-select.

I misinterpreted that you were referring to the space on the left (that multi-select needs more over single-select, for some reason)

[lpb]

I concur with all of @Phil_Seeman’s points. Not all of @Richard_Sather’s architecture background necessarily applies here!!

[Richard_Sather]

[Richard_Sather]

Happy to see this launched (?), at least in my space.. and with only 2 votes
Thanks to the only other person that voted for this, other than myself

@Forum-team , tag as launched ?

[Joanna_Czarnobilska]

It’s not fully launched yet @Richard_Sather , but glad you already see the effects!

[Esteban_Giannini]

Hey @Joanna_Czarnobilska ! I’m not sure if this is related to this request, but I just noticed that you can now type in a multi-select custom field dropdown and it filters the options as you type. I don’t remember it working like that before, it only did that for single-select fields. Am I imagining things, or is this new? I distinctly remember being frustrated about it in the past but too lazy to submit a request

[Jan-Rienk]

@Esteban_Giannini

I distinctly remember being frustrated about it in the past but too lazy to submit a request

+1

I did do a search for it to see if I hadn’t, found this topic, then scrolled down only to find your comment realising I had circled back to where I started.