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Multi-select lists
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 8 years (2018–2025), in 4 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Ctrl-click multi-select is confusing and clunkyUnreviewed
20182026- Users unaware of control-click struggle to select several items in a multiple select2025-02-21
- Desktop multi-select uses an arcane 90s interface that doesn't work well2024-01-27
- Ctrl-click multi-select is confusing and clunky for users2018-11-01
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 5 complaints
- Users unaware of control-click struggle to select several items in a multiple select2025-02-21
- Users don't know how to select multiple options without explicit instructions2024-07-30
- Desktop multi-select uses an arcane 90s interface that doesn't work well2024-01-27
- Ctrl-click multi-select is confusing and clunky for users2018-11-01
- Selecting multiple items requires an unintuitive Control-key modifier2018-10-30