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Best position for collapse indicator on collapsible content
What is the convention/standard/best-practice for the placement of a collapse/expand button/indicator on collapsible content?
I've seen many examples of the placement on the left (left of title in ...
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1answer
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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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The missing “Folder Up” button in Windows Explorer in Vista and Win7
Windows XP had a "Folder Up" button in Windows Explorer. Whenever you want to go to a directory higher in the hierarchy, you just press it.
Windows Vista and Windows 7 have a rather useful address ...
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4answers
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Two-Step Operations and Button Conventions
Our web application has three different operations that proceed as follows:
The user is presented with a popup where different settings are selected.
The user can click on a button labeled with the ...
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Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change?
I have a quick question about buttons that toggle between two states. (Think Play/Pause, or Shuffle/Regular Play.) As the title says, should the toggle show it's current state or the state to which it ...
