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Choose the type of contribution for this pattern:\r\n- [ ] This is a new pattern \r\n- [x ] This is an enhancement on an existing pattern\r\n\r\n#### 4. Use Cases + Requirements\r\n###### *Specify the use case, requirements and what problems do we believe users have, that we intend to solve? ANd, does this problem have a community interest?*\r\n\r\n@gvincent on slack was questioning the usability of the user dropdown in the masthead (http://www.patternfly.org/pattern-library/application-framework/masthead/#/design - number 8). \r\n\r\nAfter some research and discussion with him, I was unable to find any research specifically for this dropdown. I've also conversed with Sara Chizari about this topic, and we came to the conclusion that more information was needed.\r\n\r\nThe questions I'd like to investigate are twofold:\r\n\r\n1) specifically for gvinvent's project, how is the usability affected when there is a dropdown vs having the relevant items in that dropdown at the top level? In his case, he had two items that he's put at the top level, although he is currently missing a 'help' option.\r\n2) In general, what are the best guidelines for using - or not using - this dropdown? Is there a reasonable maximum for number of items in that list? Is there a minimum number lower than which it makes more sense to have things at the top level (adjusting, of course, for display size)? \r\n\r\nI suspect the major reason for the dropdown is to save space for things which are higher use. Also, likely, to have good consistency across varying display sizes. \r\n\r\nMy major question here is how to test the usability of these things without making things too contrived. On one hand, using the dropdown is probably not a high use activity, so we'd need to figure out how to get people to use it in any tasks that we use. On the other hand, forcing people to use that makes it harder to see how often it - or any particular piece of it - are used in a typical day. Perhaps there would need to be preliminary research to identify which common items in that dropdown are higher use, and then a second set to look at the usability of using vs not using the dropdown across display sizes and specific items?\r\n\r\n#### 6. Design Concepts  \r\n\r\nThis might be the best place to put this?\r\n\r\nI'm including a link to the google doc in which I've been keeping track of the initial research I've done: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AC48nsp844XVmZhWwhc_EAHeRn-jenBhZdk19UYV-aw/edit?usp=sharing\r\n\r\n#### 9. Pattern Name + Location  \r\n###### *Once the design issue has been reviewed, the name and location, within the PatternFly.org website, will be determined and posted here, on this issue, by a PatternFly team member.*\r\n\r\nhttp://www.patternfly.org/pattern-library/application-framework/masthead/#/design - number 8"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/patternfly/patternfly-design/issues/comments/338761974","html_url":"https://github.com/patternfly/patternfly-design/issues/410#issuecomment-338761974","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/patternfly/patternfly-design/issues/410","id":338761974,"user":{"login":"mcarrano","id":6619860,"avatar_url":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/6619860?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcarrano","html_url":"https://github.com/mcarrano","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcarrano/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcarrano/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcarrano/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcarrano/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcarrano/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcarrano/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcarrano/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcarrano/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mcarrano/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2017-10-23T18:58:25Z","updated_at":"2017-10-23T18:58:25Z","author_association":"MEMBER","body":"OK. I will close this in favor of the new issue that was created."}}
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