feat: Make visible if a poll is multiple choice

Created by: Amelia

Summary

It would be great if it were possible to see if a poll is single or multiple choice. Right now all I see are the options, but I don‘t know if I can click only one or multiple of them.

E.g. on Mastodon circles indicate single choice, squares indicate multiple choice. In Sharkey we only have bars.

Thank you!

Purpose

I would like to know if I can vote for only one or multiple options. That would make it easier to decide what to vote for. Also, the results would be more accurate if I knew I could vote for multiple items.

I wonder if an indicator below the options would be good enough (where the ending timestamp and etc are)

Created by: Amelia

I'm of mixed thought on if it would be? I suppose it would depend on how you all implement it. If it's the same size and font weight/style as the other info, it stands a chance of sliding past users notice, but if it's bigger and maybe bold, that might be okay?

Basically, can it pass an ADHDer in a hurry low on spoons test?

the main reason I want to do it like that is cause adding buttons and etc would require going off course a lot from the original code making it harder to work around for something like a soft-fork

Created by: dakkar

The historical / GUI / CUA way is to use squares ("check boxes") for multiple choice, and circles ("radio buttons") for single choice. This crashes with the aesthetic choices of misskey (everything is round) and sharkey (everything is square-ish), so will be confusing either way. nonetheless, we could do something like: (that's pretty much <label><input type="checkbox">one</label> , or type="radio") but as @Mar0xy says, that involves adding stuff to the MkPoll component (adding the <input> is probably just one line, making it (un)selected at the right time is more complicated and less merge-friendly).

as an alternative (or even better, in addition), we could add words to the voting confirmation pop-up: «Confirm your vote for "{choice}"?» could be followed by «you can vote on multiple options» or something to that effect

adding a note at the bottom is also a good idea

Created by: Amelia

the main reason I want to do it like that is cause adding buttons and etc would require going off course a lot from the original code making it harder to work around for something like a soft-fork

A notice at the bottom isn't incompatible with my needs, I'm just saying to be mindful of the style and placement so it doesn't blend into the other info down there. Because of the poor upstream choice here, it puts you in a bit of a difficult position. The "correct" solution that brings these polls in line with standard UI choices sounds like a lot of work for you both short and long term if I'm understanding you correctly, so I get your hesitation to go that route.

I might just do the pop-up option dakkar talked about and then also add a notice below the poll which fits in with the rest of the text at the bottom cause otherwise it would look off.

Created by: Amelia

I might just do the pop-up option dakkar talked about and then also add a notice below the poll which fits in with the rest of the text at the bottom cause otherwise it would look off.

seems like the best option