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Filtering on booleans / checkboxes not intuitive

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erwin asked on 26 Jul 2008, 12:10 AM
2008Q2

The grid displays boolean column as check box, the filter on the column in on
(default), the filter checkbox is not checked - the grid displays all rows.

If the user checks the checkbox, the grid filters all rows that are also checked.
Now if the user clears the checkbox, the grid filters all rows that are
not checked. So far, so good.

The problem is, it's not intuitive for the user, since he has no visual clue,
that filtering is still active. (The UI looks the same as before the initial checking,
but the result is not the same.) Would be nice if the filter symbol would indicate
active filters, or how about a 3 state checkbox?

Erwin

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Peter
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answered on 28 Jul 2008, 12:38 PM
Hello Erwin,

Thank you for the nice suggestion. We will consider adding this improvement in our schedule.

Your Telerik points has been updated.

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Sandeep Pulkundwar
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answered on 24 Dec 2009, 06:11 AM
HAs this been addressed?
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Peter
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answered on 25 Dec 2009, 12:18 PM
Hello Sandeep,

Thank you for writing.

We are going to entirely redesign the filtering feature for the next major release. We will  also do our best  to include your suggestion in it.

If you have further questions, do not hesitate to ask.

All the best,
Peter
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answered on 25 Dec 2009, 01:54 PM
The issue is even bigger, when the application persists filter settings for example by saving the grid layout.

As a workaround I display a visual clue that indicates if there are any filters active and how many rows are actually filtered away from the visible result.

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Erwin
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Nick
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answered on 28 Dec 2009, 01:25 PM
Hi erwin,

Thank you for your feedback Erwin. That seems interesting on its own.

Kind regards,
Nick
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answered on 29 Mar 2010, 10:47 PM
I see you have fixed the unintuitive boolean filter issue with Q1 2010, thanks!

Regards
Erwin

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