Buttons perform an action or activity in a software solution. Use this tag for questions about how buttons should be placed, styled, aligned or used to express their purpose and facilitate their operation.
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Tune the radio or tune in?
I'm in doubt whether I should use buttons or radio buttons combined with a single button.
I could go with the buttons, as shown below, but I think this confusing.
Another option would be the radio ...
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How would you represent “easy”?
I'm working on an app that requires someone to rate the how they did at recalling an item (to which they are shown the correct answer before they rate the item). The three options are: wrong, right, ...
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Quickly change row status
I have a table of items that each have a particular status color icon. The users will need a quick method to change this status. I imagine click on the status icon an picking the new status. However, ...
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What is best practice for button labels?
What is the best practice when you're labeling your app buttons?
For example, I have a button that links the user to the product reports page, will the button say "View Product Reports" or just ...
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Optimal position for call-to-action button
Where in the banner area of the landing page is the optimal position to place the call-to-action button to maximize click rate?
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Where is the best position for CRUD button?
I was always confused position CRUD* buttons on my application. I see some applications, there are CRUD bottons on the right side, top or bottom. In your opinion, where is the suitable place for the ...
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What is a better term for “un-pause”
I'm working on an application where users have a list of items to be reminded of (short explanation, but good enough). Users can pause items that they don't want to be reminded of, but they also need ...
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Using hyperlinks for navigation and commands on the same page
I am working on a government web application. We have specified in the style guide that buttons will be used for primary actions and other secondary actions within the page will use hyperlinks. There ...
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What are good reasons for and against using audio for feedback?
If a device like a printer has a keyboard for users to interact with it (keyboard as well as navigation), does it help users to hear audio every time they use the keyboard for text input? Remember ...
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What could be an alternative for “Share this post with my network!” in a social application?
What could be an alternative word implying Share this post to my network! for use in a social application ?
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What color should the “Add new” button be?
I am uncertain if the "add new" button is a "positive" action and should be colored green. Or a neutral action and colored blue.
What is the best practice for this?
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Are my thumbs up and thumbs down buttons clear enough for the user? [closed]
They are basically like the the ones you see in Digg.
I also thought about using arrows (like in StackExchange sites),
but I think people are more used to thumbs these days (due to Youtube, ...
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Social media in 'Coming Soon' pages
I was setting up a 'Coming Soon page' for a client, with an email field for users to register for updates and links to the FB page and Twitter account of the Web app. Their concept isn't ground ...
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which is the best way to show Like/Dislike click results?
I am planning to use Like/Dislike buttons in my forum for rating the comments and posts. I found two nice ways to implement Like/Dislike results:
A. Show the sum of Likes - Dislikes between the ...
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Two buttons next to each other in a mobile navbar
I have a UX issue which would be simpler to solve if I had to buttons next to each other in the navbar for a mobile device.
In the images below I'm referring to the buttons marked 1 and 2. 2 Will in ...
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Usage of darker shade to show selected/focused button
Consider that I am creating an interface for a mobile app which shows a list of buttons on the main screen. I can move through the buttons using mobile keypad (feature phones) or screen touch (smart ...
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Would putting a submit button at the top of a long form be usable?
I have a form with 3 long columns of checkboxes where the user needs to check whatever options she/he needs. Sortening the amount of checkboxes is not an option Im afraid.
Our users are mostly in the ...
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Button placement while others ones are invisible/disabled
I have a tool bar of buttons. The state changes every time user interact with it (fig. 1).
Fig. 1
Sometimes application allows user to refresh view only, so other buttons are invisible (fig. 2).
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Actions through buttons and alternative ideas
In the following image, you can see a screenshot of the current look of a "Contacts" panel I created. In the area I have highlighted (bottom) there are two buttons to add and remove contacts ...
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Advice on ordering horizontal lists of commands
I have a set up like this with a title and then several buttons/links to perform actions:
TITLE delete preview share stats publish
All else considered equal, I'm trying to consider how to ...
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Social media sharing: Does simply showing icons stimulate action?
This is tangentially related to the question "Social Media Icons - show all visible, or group under 'share'?".
In my organization, we've generally found that displaying the individual icons for ...
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Max OS X Lion: Two Buttons “Highlighted” by Default—what?
I've noticed this in a lot of applications under Mac OS X Lion lately. For example:
Pressing return is equivalent to pressing the button with the blue background, not the highlight.
What's the ...
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Single replacement for: “Upload a document” and “Upload a Video”
I need a single replacement, to place in GUI, that categorises both "document" and "video". I need to place in my website interface to replace:
"Upload a document"...
and
"Upload a ...
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Alternates to the “play/pause” button
I've never been happy with the old 'iTunes' model ("flip-flop" buttons; see this question) where the play and pause are the same button, with an icon showing what state you can go to (Play when you're ...
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Too many tabs - use buttons instead?
We have an admin page in our application that has toomanytab-itus (see the second set of tabs are stacking):
I've been tasked with solving this issue. Reorganising/grouping the content to reduce ...
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Choosing between state and action on video chrome controls
I realize that the question of deciding whether to make a button show its state versus show its action has already been asked. Some of the answers were to make the interface more verbose or add ...
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How to make “signing a contract” on a tablet feel serious and a legally binding?
Is there any standard for accepting signatures inside an application? I wan't to write an android app for gathering clients and then having them sign contracts on the tablet device, but is just an i ...
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Is it good practice to have a change contrast or higher contrast buttons for users?
Is it good practice to have a change contrast or higher contrast buttons for users?
As depending on the vision problem users may need different contrast conditions for comfortable reading. Some sites ...
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What is the reason for Concave round buttons in Elevators
What is the reason many elevators have concave shaped buttons.
Like this:
Any special reason behind this?
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How necessary is it to point out your call to action so obviously on a simple site?
I am trying to figure out, especially for returning users, the value of pointing out a way to add input to a site. Facebook and Google+ both have placeholder text and placement of the input for status ...
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[sign up] vs. [sign me up], what's the best way to name buttons?
I'm a bit confused as to what the best way to naming buttons is. And if it needs to be consistent with the instructions (voice of one person), for instance:
Example A (one person): Are you new to the ...
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What is the reason behind the + sign/icons with buttons?
I have seen few high profile site which use + sign/icons for buttons, while other don't.
Does any body know what is the reason behind using sign with buttons, should i use signs/icons with buttons?
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Smallest button size and spacing for a touchscreen
For a touch screen, such as the iPhone, what is the smallest size for a button you could get away with?
And how closely could they be shoved together?
I've got an app thats going to have a lot of ...
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How to align social buttons without losing vertical space?
I've add in some social buttons to one of our pages. I don't want to have to put them in a horizontal row because that'll push more products down below the fold.
This is my idea so far:
Close ...
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What factors are important to consider when choosing a button font?
Should the font of buttons on a website be different than the font on the rest of the page? How different? More spacing, less spacing, different font-family? What are the things to consider when ...
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Disabling the browser's back button in multi-page forms
We're having this internal debate where some people think that the user shouldn't use the browser's "back" button when filling a multi-page form (for security reasons), and that the whoever hits the ...
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Why do modern smartphones featuring a touchscreen have several forward-facing buttons?
The iPhone has a touchscreen and one forward-facing button, which is sort of testament to Apple's design ethos of simplicity and aesthetics. But HTC devices tend to have several buttons, and my Nexus ...
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Best way to communicate the action of a non-button control
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I'm wondering what are some recommended approaches for communicating to the user what will happen once he clicks on an object, in the case that it's not possible to spell out the ...
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Should we prioritize use or linguistic?
I've been working on a project, and I found an interesting dilemma.
The application I'm working on has this filter, let's say something like this:
By default, none of the "options" are selected, ...
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Are “reset” buttons redundant? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is a cancel button necessary in a web form?
Are form "reset" buttons redundant? If not, why not? Give me a case where they are completey accepted, useful and maybe even ...
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Recommended button sizes on web pages
What are the current usability guidelines for the size of buttons (or anything clickable) on web pages?
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Should there be a difference in the relative sizes of the buttons in a confirmation dialog?
I understand the idea behind having the more likely to be used action on a page slightly larger or in a different style in order to guide the user to it (for example having a button for save but a ...
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Is it better to use a positive or a negative command for a button, checkbox, etc.?
I have some checkboxes that should include/exclude some content on some reports.
But I am not sure if I should use:
Include all items
or
Exclude unused items
for the text of the checkbox.
What ...
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Dropdown Button and disjunct options
At the top of the application we have a function bar that (almost) contains all functions that can be done on entries in a table below, quite similar to Office Fluent UI. We try to minimize the amount ...
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Toggle FIND button to OK in Find dialog when search result shown
We have a search dialog that has a criteria pane at the top, and a result pane at the bottom.
We have placed the FIND button between the two panes in the dialog, but in practice people are expecting ...
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What's the best UX option to help users choose between three items
So, I'm trying to use an optimal UX design for three choices that are responses to questions. The three choices are choice 1, choice 2 and "I don't know." Currently, I've been considering using radio ...
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Should “dangerous” buttons be big and red or small and inconspicuous?
In a web app, some people think a "Delete" button should be obvious and bright red, signifying danger. The trouble is that this draws the eye to the button and may make accidental clicks more likely. ...
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Guidelines to setup sound buttons
Are there any guidelines for positioning of sound buttons (play, pause, mute)?
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Toggle button for actions
In our web application, we have a list of items for which multiple actions can be scheduled. If an action is available but not selected, it is displayed as a gray button. When the user clicks on it, ...
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Improve affordance of “mark as answer” on StackExchange
It seems like many new users to StackExchange don't know that they should mark a response as the answer. I often see pissed off veterans shouting "you're not going to get any help if your accept rate ...
