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What is a filter in UI?
Filters provide a set of controls to reduce items in a collection based on attributes the user is interested in (e.g., filtering items by creation date). Filters can provide the following functionality: A list of interesting attributes common to items in a collection, and possible values to filter by.
What is a filter in UX?
Each filter (or criterion) has two components: A filter category is a property of the items, such as color or price. A filter category often contains several filter values. A filter value is either a specific value of a property (say, “red”), or a range of values (say, “less than $100” or “red or blue”).
When to use Filters in UI?
Filters are also necessary for analytics-type screens & dashboards. In these types of UIs, users won't be filtering the number of items visible but rather the scope or type of data included in rendering the charts and graphs. Think timeframe, audience types, which metrics shown, value ranges, etc.
