Chapter 7: Menu Selection, Form Fillin, and Dialog Boxes
7.8 Dialog Boxes
Combination of menu and form-fillin techniques.
Related to a specific task.
Internal layout guidelines:
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Meaningful title, consistent style
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Top-left to bottom-right sequencing
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Clustering and emphasis
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Consistent layouts (margins, grid, whitespace, lines, boxes)
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Consistent terminology, fonts, capitalization, justification
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Standard buttons (OK, Cancel)
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Error prevention by direct manipulation
External Relationship
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Smooth appearance and disappearance
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Distinguishable but small boundary
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Size small enough to reduce overlap problems
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Display close to appropriate items
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Easy to make disappear
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Clear how to complete/cancel
