Context-Based UI Enhances API Executor Widget Usability
Embedding settings icon next to URL field reduces cognitive load & enhances efficiency. Users stay within workflow, making quick changes. Context-based UI improves usability & matches user intent.
Context-Based UI in Action: Enhancing an API Executor Widget In the first part of this series, we introduced Context-Based UI, a design principle where UI elements appear exactly where they are needed. This reduces cognitive load, improves efficiency, and aligns with intuitive user behavior—much like how VS Code places controls (e.g., breakpoints, test runners) directly within the code editor. Now, let’s apply this principle to a real-world problem: improving the UX of an API Executor Widget by embedding configuration options directly into the context of the user’s interaction....