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recognition-pickers-and-palettes
Use this skill when designing pickers, dropdowns, comboboxes, autocompletes, command palettes, or any UI that lets the user select from a known set. Trigger when picking between a free-text field and a select; when designing a command palette; when reviewing why users keep typing wrong values into autocomplete inputs. Sub-aspect of `recognition-over-recall`; read that first.
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# Pickers, palettes, and recognition-based selection
Selection UI is the most direct application of recognition-over-recall. Showing the user a list of valid options — visually scannable or filterable — beats requiring them to type from memory.
## The picker ladder by set size
Different selection patterns suit different option counts:
| Option count | Pattern | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Toggle / switch | Visual either-or |
| 3–5 | Radio group / segmented | All options visible |
| 5–8 | Select dropdown | Visible on click |
| 8–20 | Grouped select | Categorical chunking helps |