Change trash can icon for "remove field" on forms
Carla Williams
Current on the forms, if you want to remove a field, it shows a trash can icon. It's confusing for people here because they are afraid they will delete the field. Can you change the icon so that it doesn't look like they may be deleting it- maybe just an "x" instead of a trash can? Thanks!
Carla Williams
I had to think about this for a minute. I believe that the main reason for the confusion is that it is not consistent with the way records are treated in views. In a view, there is an option to "remove from view" that is just an "x" under "Fields to Display". But if you click directly into the menu for a field, at the bottom you have an option to "Remove from Display" which has an eye icon with a slash... and also a "Delete Field" selection that is red and has a trash can for the icon. Everyone has had it beaten into them to not choose "Delete Field" with the trash can icon and to be sure to only choose "Remove from Display". It would be helpful to have all of the icons for "Remove from Display" match- and call it "Remove from Display" in Forms as well.
Jon Darbyshire
Hiya Carla Williams, thanks for this post! I have a few more questions for you:
- Can you provide more context on why users might confuse the trash can icon for deleting the field?
- Are there any other icons or symbols that your users might find more intuitive than an 'x'?
- Have you received similar feedback about other icons in our application?