There are some cases where a user may loose awareness that they have filters active. This is enhanced by the fact that we will need to start redirecting users to canned searches (with filters active) via redirects in #132.
User stories:
“As a patron following a link to the CRL Catalog (from a topic guide or other external source) that triggers a canned search, I want to have clear visual clues about what filters are active so that I am aware of my context and can refine (and possibly remove filters) in an informed way. This is especially important given that I did not manually activate and acknowledge the filters initially since they were embedded into the link I followed.”
"As a patron do a manual search I want to have clear visual clues about what filters are active so that I am aware of my context and don't loose track of which filters I activated. This is especially important if I am doing a complex combination of filters."
Some things to think about:
Using a stronger color or background (e.g. red) for existing screen elements that represent active filters - perhaps as part of the clear glyph.
Making the "reset filters" button stand out more
Adding a new strong notification/message to the screen indicating that filter are active
There are also probably some documented best practices for this kind in facet interface design out there. Care must also be take to ensure these signals work across mobile/desktop.
There are some cases where a user may loose awareness that they have filters active. This is enhanced by the fact that we will need to start redirecting users to canned searches (with filters active) via redirects in #132.
User stories:
Some things to think about:
There are also probably some documented best practices for this kind in facet interface design out there. Care must also be take to ensure these signals work across mobile/desktop.