Input Controls
Input Controls
Raymond Chandler
Professor Chad Frommeyer
CIS210036VA016-1142-001 (Systems Analysis And Development)
02/11/2014
Input controls are an integral part of a user interface (UI), which enable the user to interact with a software program and its data. Input control includes the necessary measures to ensure that input data is correct, complete and secure (Rosenblatt & Shelly, 2012). There are many types of input controls that can be used in various applications. For example you have List box, drop-down list box, an option button, or radio button, and a check box, just to name a few.
To give you some detail on the four input controls I mentioned above; a list box displays a list of choices that the user can select. If the list does not if in the box, a scroll bar allows the user to move through the available choices. A drop-down list box displays the current selection; when the user clicks the arrow, a list of the available choices displays. An option button, or radio button, represents one choice in a set of options. The user can select only one option at a time, and selected options show a black dot. A check box is used to select one or more choices from a group. Selected options are represented by a check mark or an X. (Rosenblatt & Shelly, 2012).
One of the most common program user interfaces that I use on a daily basis is our ticketing system for our help desk and desktop support at work. There are so many input controls on this web based application and it helps us to access user information that is relevant to fixing an issue for the end user. On the application, you have input boxes to which you would input the name or user id of the end user. This information pulls up additional contact information of the client. The additional information, auto populates in the additional text boxes. Also, there are drop downs and radio buttons to indicate the path of the break/fix or escalation of the ticket to a possible
Raymond Chandler
Professor Chad Frommeyer
CIS210036VA016-1142-001 (Systems Analysis And Development)
02/11/2014
Input controls are an integral part of a user interface (UI), which enable the user to interact with a software program and its data. Input control includes the necessary measures to ensure that input data is correct, complete and secure (Rosenblatt & Shelly, 2012). There are many types of input controls that can be used in various applications. For example you have List box, drop-down list box, an option button, or radio button, and a check box, just to name a few.
To give you some detail on the four input controls I mentioned above; a list box displays a list of choices that the user can select. If the list does not if in the box, a scroll bar allows the user to move through the available choices. A drop-down list box displays the current selection; when the user clicks the arrow, a list of the available choices displays. An option button, or radio button, represents one choice in a set of options. The user can select only one option at a time, and selected options show a black dot. A check box is used to select one or more choices from a group. Selected options are represented by a check mark or an X. (Rosenblatt & Shelly, 2012).
One of the most common program user interfaces that I use on a daily basis is our ticketing system for our help desk and desktop support at work. There are so many input controls on this web based application and it helps us to access user information that is relevant to fixing an issue for the end user. On the application, you have input boxes to which you would input the name or user id of the end user. This information pulls up additional contact information of the client. The additional information, auto populates in the additional text boxes. Also, there are drop downs and radio buttons to indicate the path of the break/fix or escalation of the ticket to a possible
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