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Overview+Detail

Also known as: Overview and Detail

A visualization interaction paradigm that presents a smaller overview view alongside a larger detail view, letting users navigate the whole while inspecting a part. Common in maps, document readers, and data dashboards. For low-vision users, overview+detail can support spatial orientation when magnification clips the full view, though the overview itself must remain large enough to perceive.

Category: Data Visualization · Interaction Design · Low Vision

Related: Focus+Context · Low Vision · Screen Magnification

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