Segmented Button vs. Tab
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How do you determine when to use segmented buttons versus tabs in your design?
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Segmented Button vs. Tab
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Deciding between segmented buttons and tabs is like choosing between a quick espresso shot for compact options or a leisurely tea break with multiple sections to explore. How do you take your UI caffeine fix?
This all depends on the context of the content you display to users.
Tabs are easily understood by users as content that is a "child" or "subsection" of a directory.
Buttons tend to have more variation in their actions, so the outcome once a user presses one may not be 100% clear.
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I see the tab used as a primary navigation and placed at the bottom of the screen, whereas the segmented controller is more like a local switch inside a particular screen and is usually placed at the top.
They are quite similar in terms of functionality, they just differ visually in the sense that the bottom tab is heavier and conveys more important actions and the segmented controller is lighter and conveys actions with a lower magnitude or somehow related.
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@bhhavesh_desalhey I agree with your point the segmented buttons work well for toggling between different view modes like list view vs. grid view or filtering options within a single screen.
On the other hand, Tabs are great for things like switching between different categories in an e-commerce app or different sections in the applications.
But there are certain things to consider while making the decision, such as user expectations, scalability, and interaction patterns. In my experience, I would recommend testing both prototypes with different users to validate your design decisions