Manipulating multiple sliders by crossing

Abstract

The Crosset is a new interactive instrument based on crossing and taking advantage of the orthogonal dimension of widgets. We explore the design space of crossets and illustrate their efficiency through a case study: the visual exploration and the formatting of numerical tables. To our knowledge, crossing has never been applied to the simultaneous manipulation of multiple sliders neither to interact with tables. This article opens many perspectives and we hope more interfaces will be based on this technique in the future.