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Segmented control 0:45
A 45-second explainer of Segmented control, narrated over the same demo you can try yourself.
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What this video covers
A segmented control is a row of two to about five mutually-exclusive options, all visible at once, where exactly one is selected. It's the inline alternative to a dropdown: for a small, stable set of choices it shows every option up front and switches in a single tap, rather than hiding them behind a menu.
As a segmented control every option sat in plain view and a choice was one tap. As a dropdown the same options vanished behind a menu - hidden until you opened it, two taps to switch, and impossible to compare at a glance. For three or four fixed choices, hiding them never helped anyone.
