I have a multi-select dropdown like this:
[-] All
–––––––––––––––––––––
[x] Department 1
[ ] Department 2
[ ] Department 3
…
[ ] Department n
In design review, an engineer asked if there's a UX pattern for quickly selecting a single option after multiple are selected?
Starting with this:
[-] All
–––––––––––––––––––––
[x] Department 1
[x] Department 2
[x] Department 3
…
[ ] Department n
And getting to this, in one click:
[-] All
–––––––––––––––––––––
[x] Department 1
[ ] Department 2
[ ] Department 3
…
[ ] Department n
Obviously, a three-click solution would be to
- Select all (the indeterminate "[-] All" option)
- De-select all
- Select a single department
But we're looking for a single-click solution!
I asked this of Google (see below), but I believe Gemini hallucinated negatively, because I tried its suggested shortcut keys in Chrome Gmail and macOS Finder and didn't have success.
NN/g highlighted the ability to de/select options with the Shift/Command keys, but with my testing, that seems specific to de-selecting.
