Ask HN: HTML multi-select not user-friendly on desktop? Yesterday I was reviewing an HTML form with my UX colleague, and he said we should change all our <select multiple> elements to collections of checkboxes instead since selecting multiple things with it is just too unintuitive for desktop users. Shift+click to select consecutive multiple Ctrl+click to select non-consecutive multiple Shift+Up/Down to select consecutive multiple with keyboard Ctrl+Up/Down then release Ctrl, then Space to select non-consecutive multiple with Keyboard (for mac of course replace Ctrl with Cmd) This surprised me since it is a built-in html standard element, but kind of makes sense after thinking about it. What do you think? In contrast I do like how it renders on mobile, where it basically does render as a series of checkboxes. Would it be better if desktop browsers redesigned it to look more like mobile? |