Projects/Usability/HIG/Toggle Buttons - Revision history

Agateau: moved User:Agateau/Toggle Button to Projects/Usability/HIG/Toggle Buttons: Validated by Celeste

2010-08-28T15:39:20Z

moved User:Agateau/Toggle Button to Projects/Usability/HIG/Toggle Buttons: Validated by Celeste

Agateau at 21:22, 27 August 2010

2010-08-27T21:22:09Z

Agateau: /* Icon and Label */

2010-08-27T20:34:02Z

‎Icon and Label

Agateau: /* Icon and Label */

2010-08-27T20:30:09Z

‎Icon and Label

Agateau: /* Icon and Label */

2010-08-27T20:29:34Z

‎Icon and Label

Agateau at 20:22, 27 August 2010

2010-08-27T20:22:22Z

Agateau at 20:09, 27 August 2010

2010-08-27T20:09:08Z

Agateau at 19:55, 27 August 2010

2010-08-27T19:55:38Z

Agateau: /* Icon and Label */

2010-08-18T22:06:34Z

‎Icon and Label

Agateau: /* How to Use */

2010-08-18T22:05:31Z

‎How to Use

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 ==Icon and Label==
-There are two ways to label a toggle button:
+There are two ways to label a toggle button. You can either describe the state reached when the button is down or describe the current state.
-'''First option: Describe the state which is reached when the button is down'''
+===First option: Describe the state reached when the button is down===
 In this case the icon and label should not change when the button is down.
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 [[File:Toggle-button-summary.png]]
-'''Second option: Describe the current state'''
+===Second option: Describe the current state===
 In this case the label will often include a passive verb. For example a button to lock or unlock an element would say "Unlocked" when it is up and "Locked" when it is down. The icon should also change to match the label.
 [[File:Toggle-button-unlocked-locked.png]]

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 In this case the icon and label should not change when the button is down.
-For example a button to toggle the visibility of a sidebar could say "Show Sidebar". It should still say "Show Sidebar" when the button is down: it should not be changed to "Hide Sidebar". Think of the button as a check box: when you click a check box you do not expect its label to change.
+Example: We create a toggle button to toggle the visibility of a sidebar. The label of this button is "Show Sidebar". When the button is toggled down, it should still say "Show Sidebar": it should not be changed to "Hide Sidebar".
-If you want to change the button text to "Hide Sidebar" when the sidebar is shown then you should use a normal button, not a toggle button.
+Think of the button as a check box: when you click a check box you do not expect its label to change. If it makes more sense to change the button text to "Hide Sidebar" when the sidebar is shown then you should use a normal button, not a toggle button.
-It is worth noting the label of a toggle button does not need to contain a verb, as long as there is no ambiguity. In this example the label can be reduced to "Sidebar".
+It is worth noting that unlike normal buttons, the label of a toggle button does not need to contain a verb, as long as there is no ambiguity. In this example the label can be reduced to "Sidebar".
 [[File:Toggle-button-summary.png]]

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 There are two ways to label a toggle button:
-'''First possibility: Describe the state which is reached when the button is down'''
+'''First option: Describe the state which is reached when the button is down'''
 In this case the icon and label should not change when the button is down.
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 [[File:Toggle-button-summary.png]]
-'''Second possibility: Describe the current state'''
+'''Second option: Describe the current state'''
 In this case the label will often include a passive verb. For example a button to lock or unlock an element would say "Unlocked" when it is up and "Locked" when it is down. The icon should also change to match the label.
 [[File:Toggle-button-unlocked-locked.png]]

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 There are two ways to label a toggle button:
-'''1. Describe the state which is reached when the button is down'''
+'''First possibility: Describe the state which is reached when the button is down'''
 In this case the icon and label should not change when the button is down.
-For example a button to toggle the visibility of a sidebar could say "Show Sidebar". It should still say "Show Sidebar" when the button is down: it should not be changed to "Hide Sidebar".
+For example a button to toggle the visibility of a sidebar could say "Show Sidebar". It should still say "Show Sidebar" when the button is down: it should not be changed to "Hide Sidebar". Think of the button as a check box: when you click a check box you do not expect its label to change.
 If you want to change the button text to "Hide Sidebar" when the sidebar is shown then you should use a normal button, not a toggle button.
-An alternative is to reduce the button to a noun if it is not ambiguous. In this example the button label could be reduced to "Sidebar".
+It is worth noting the label of a toggle button does not need to contain a verb, as long as there is no ambiguity. In this example the label can be reduced to "Sidebar".
 [[File:Toggle-button-summary.png]]
-'''2. Describe the current state'''
+'''Second possibility: Describe the current state'''
-In this case the label will often include a passive verb. For example a button to lock or unlock an element would say "Unlocked" when it is up and "Locked" when it is down. The icon should match the label.
+In this case the label will often include a passive verb. For example a button to lock or unlock an element would say "Unlocked" when it is up and "Locked" when it is down. The icon should also change to match the label.
 [[File:Toggle-button-unlocked-locked.png]]

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	In this case the label will often include a passive verb. For example a button to lock or unlock an element would say "Unlocked" when it is up and "Locked" when it is down. The icon should match the label.		In this case the label will often include a passive verb. For example a button to lock or unlock an element would say "Unlocked" when it is up and "Locked" when it is down. The icon should match the label.
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		+	[[File:Toggle-button-unlocked-locked.png]]

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	Example: A word processor should use toggle buttons to indicate the state of "Bold", "Italic" or "Underline" formatting.		Example: A word processor should use toggle buttons to indicate the state of "Bold", "Italic" or "Underline" formatting.
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		+	[[File:Toggle-button-formatting.png]]
		+	(Toggle buttons used in a rich text editor)

	==When not to Use==		==When not to Use==

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	Example: A music player should not use a toggle button to implement a combined Play/Pause button. It should use a normal button and adjust the icon and label to represent the action which would be performed when clicked.		Example: A music player should not use a toggle button to implement a combined Play/Pause button. It should use a normal button and adjust the icon and label to represent the action which would be performed when clicked.
		+
		+	[[File:Toggle-button-media-player.png]]

	==Icon and Label==		==Icon and Label==

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 Example: A music player should not use a toggle button to implement a combined Play/Pause button. It should use a normal button and adjust the icon and label to represent the action which would be performed when clicked.
-==How to Use==
+==Icon and Label==
-−
-===Icon and Label===
 There are two ways to label a toggle button: