This is more of a design/philosophical question :)
I have a page in which the user sets attributes for a project. There are 8
attributes, e.g. Project Type, Country, etc. The number of options per
attribute varies. The user is allowed to select as many options per
attribute.
I'm using a multi-select ListBox for this, and it works perfectly. The
trouble I'm having is from a user perspective. Very few of the users seem to
understand that you can/should select multiple items in the ListBox.
I have a short blurb explaining that they can do that, and explaining how to
use the Ctrl-Click method. But still ...
Unfortunately, the quality of our data is suffering because users aren't
classifying projects properly.
I've thought about doing stuff using checkboxes or radiobuttonlists,
however, that ends up using a lot of screen space.
Can anybody think of an elegant way to do this in one screen (not a step by
step wizard)?
Thanks!