The unchecked filter state is inconsistent

[matt-bernhardt]

o Talked about the option of separating the functionality of the ‘All’ button into separate buttons for 1) viewing all as an aggregate and 2) selecting/deselecting all filters. UX is inconsistent currently WRT the Data, Timeline, Map, and Export functions.

[matt-bernhardt]

To clarify this issue a bit, the Filter UI currently can exist in one of two states: unset, or set. 1) When set, the UI displays information about the selected options (specific DLCs in the public view, or specific papers in the author view). 2) When unset, the UI behaves differently depending on the loaded tab. The timeline and map shows summary information for the current scope as a whole (either the OA collection in public view, or the author in author view). The data tab, however, shows records for each item in the scope - without a summary row.

The question is whether this discrepancy is problematic, and how hard it would be to do something different.

[matt-bernhardt]

Here is one alternative for how the Filter UI could work: This UI provides both for a summary display, as well as a "check all" option that would function the way the current data tab works. Here are three options showing how the data table would react in each case:

Summary

Show All

Show Only

[matt-bernhardt]

Here is a more explicit option for the filter UI - this would make the three modes of operation more explicit, but at the cost of more complexity.

[matt-bernhardt]

Another option that Sean mentioned is to add "Overall" lines to the two data tables - similar to the overall row in one of the comments above.