The false bottom effect


There is a so-called false bottom effect. Once, I had to ask support how to add the CNAME DNS record because I couldn't find it in the list of available options.

That happened because the height of the dropdown and the total height of visible items were exactly the same.

Since macOS does not show a scroll bar until you hover over an area, I missed that there are more items than I could see.

A dropdown that has the false bottom effect, when the height of the dropdown fits exactly all the items shown, while it fact there is more of them
The same dropdown but part of the bottom option is visible, which gives a clue that there are more options available

P.S. If you can't see the images, please let me know, since I got some complains that there are empty squares instead of actual images.

As always, thank you and have a nice day!

Victor Ponamariov

I'm a full-stack developer that is passionate about good user interfaces. In my newsletter, I talk mainly about UI/UX stuff. You could expect an email or two in a month, I'm not aiming to spam you with non-useful info.

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