interaction-design-patterns
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Common interaction design patterns: forms, navigation, search, filters, onboarding, empty states, error states, loading states, and microinteractions. Each pattern includes the problem it solves, when to use it, and common anti-patterns. Use when designing user flows, choosing interaction patterns, or reviewing interaction quality. Triggers on: "interaction pattern", "form design", "navigation pattern", "onboarding", "empty state", "error state", "microinteraction", "user flow".
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Keep current location visible.
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Interaction Design Patterns
Choose the right pattern for the job. Depth for forms and empty/error/loading lives in references/ and sibling skills.
Pattern picker
| Job | Prefer | Avoid |
| Collect required data | Form / wizard (form-ux) | Chat-only |
| Move between sections | Tabs / sidebar / breadcrumbs | Hidden hamburger for primary nav |
| Find content | Search + filters | Deep nav only |
| First run / activation | onboarding-ux | Feature dump tour |
| No data / failure / wait | error-empty-states | Blank screen / spinner forever |
| Confirm a small result | Toast / inline | Modal for non-decisions |
Navigation (short)
| Pattern | Best for |
| Tab bar | 3–5 top sections |
| Sidebar | Complex IA |
| Breadcrumbs | Depth ≥3 |
| Command palette | Power users |
Keep current location visible; don't move primary nav between screens.
Search (short)
Prominent field; debounced suggestions (150–300ms); recent searches; helpful zero-results; filters when result sets are large.
Microinteractions
Trigger → rules → feedback → loop. Keep motion purposeful, ≤~300ms, consistent. Details → motion-design-principles.
Reference Map
references/forms.md— form pattern summary → deep diveform-uxreferences/empty-error-loading.md— empty/error/loading summary →error-empty-states
Related Skills
- For form UX depth → use
form-ux - For empty/error/offline/permission states → use
error-empty-states - For onboarding / first-run → use
onboarding-ux - For visual fundamentals → use
ui-visual-design - For mobile/touch → use
mobile-touch-design - For accessibility → use
a11y-accessibility-design - For AI-specific failures → use
ai-ui-anti-patterns
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