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Sometimes when some feature requires many different settings, they are written in a cloze-like text, where the gaps (=variables) are displayed as comboboxes or hyperlinks which open some kind of lookup list.

Example:

If the available space is less than [10%/5%/1MB/...] then [send e-mail to admin/play a sound/...]

The Outlook rules wizard is another good example of this.

What's the name of this UI pattern?

rohancragg
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From browsing existing patterns sites it seems this is maybe a mix of >1 pattern?

Fill in the Blanks (see also)

Input Prompt

Constraint Input

Personally, I think you've maybe even hatched a pattern and should submit it somewhere... :-)

rohancragg
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I think that's a "Table Filter"

at least thats what we called it when I worked on a clone of that outlook rules wizard.

Oren Mazor
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  • Quince defines Table Filter as something almost similar but not quite: http://quince.infragistics.com/#/Search$text=filter/ViewPattern$pattern=Table+Filter – rohancragg Oct 26 '09 at 13:56
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'Rule editor', perhaps? That's the OS X term, anyway.

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