Checkbox for select/deselect all rowMarkers

When we have rowMarkers enabled for checkboxes, I noticed that the top left corner is clickable which performs the “select all” / “deselect all” functionality for all rows. Is it possible to make this into a checkbox, so it is a little more intuitive for users to know that the functionality is there? Thanks!

[amiregelz]

I think this is a great idea. I also think it will solve the issue where users are not aware of the ability to select rows - since the checkboxes only appear on hover.

In my opinion having a master checkbox in the upper left corner would not clutter the UI and at the same time would make it clear that selecting rows is possible. Therefor I would make it always visible and not only on hover.

[png262]

This might be a personal UI preference, but I was thinking of something even simpler than needing to factor in hover state. My thinking is that we want to make it very apparent that there is a “Select all” functionality available, and it’s this checkbox you are seeing. By making it only render on hover, that might might it less obvious for users, and only some might stumble onto that functionality.

I can totally see it making sense to have hover for the row markers though, because otherwise it would feel cluttered seeing a checkbox for every row. The difference is that this is a single checkbox in the top left corner so that doesn’t apply.

In any case, I think your proposal makes sense. If you wanted to simplify it without hover state, then it would be something like this:

State	Effect
No rows checked	Empty checkbox
Some rows checked	Empty checkbox
All rows checked	Filled checkbox