IDS Enhancement Requests
The ellipsis icons, one vertical and the other horizontal look like they have similar functionality in the IDS library. We want to differentiate these two to avoid using the two ellipsis icons for the same functionality.
Our suggestion is:
Ellipsis Vertical: ⋮
Use for popover on both desktop and mobile (New Expandable Card) which also can have the swipe action (swipe action).
Ellipsis Horizontal: ⋯
Use for popover on the desktop and pull up the action sheet on the mobile (example-callbacks)
Ellipsis icons found in IDS component:
Hi Katarzyna,
Good news -- this issue has been resolved. The vertical ellipsis icon (⋮) has been replaced to indicate drag functionality. With this change, this enhancement request was addressed. Thanks so much for your request!
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From what I understand they both have exactly the same meaning, as they symbolise additional functions neatly hidden in the menu. And I believe that this is how users understand them. From a user perspective we should focus on the functional aspect of the icon. That is, what exactly will happen if I click on it.
If we want to simplify it, I think it is enough to leave the horizontal version, which perfectly reflects the 3 dots that are used in unfinished sentences ... the meaning here is simple and clear.
I think it would be much more important to distinguish between this symbol and the symbol we use for drag and drop functionality. 4 squares and 3 dots are hardly distinguishable and the functionality is significantly different