A message box is a dialog box used to alert the user with a message, or to get input from the user via one or more button choices during the workflow.
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What to call “Cancel” when “Cancel” is already the default action?
When attempting to cancel a service or setting, "cancel" is the default action. What should the normal "cancel" button be called?
Redbox uses a playful "just kidding", which may not be appropriate in ...
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Should yes/no dialogs also have a cancel?
I remember once reading an article that said whenever you present a messagebox with a Yes/No choice, you should always also provide a Cancel button, even if it does the same as No.
The rationale was ...
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What properly goes into the “caption” of a message box?
By convention, what is the best practice for the text that goes into the "caption" field of a text box?
The "caption" field is the text that shows up in the title bar:
I have experimented with ...
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Should flash messages fade out or contain a close button or stay forever?
Note: By flash message, I do not mean Adobe Flash, but messages that should be displayed on completion of an action.
I am designing a web application and messages will be displayed after a certain ...
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Message Fade Timing
Sometimes one wishes to display a message for some time before removing it in some way (in my case fading). When implementing this idea, a problem arises: how long should the message remain fully ...
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Question mark in alert's caption
My doubt might seems a bit silly, but still...
Should the caption of an alert/prompt popup have question mark at the end?
For example, let's say that I have to issue a prompt to as for confirmation ...
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Correct ordering position for 'Yes', 'No' and 'Not now'?
What is the correct position for the 3 buttons:
Yes - No - Not now
(or Yes - No - Later)
is it Yes - No - Not now
or is it Yes - Not now - No
This will be on a windows 7 windows application, on ...
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Is there a better label for the “OK” button in message boxes with just one button?
Having read "Should I use Yes/No or Ok/Cancel on my message box?", I do understand that message boxes with two or more buttons should use verbs instead of e.g. Yes and No.
To further improve the user ...
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How to name message box buttons when asking whether to cancel something? [duplicate]
As a follow up to my previous question, I still do have an edge case where I do not know how to name my message box buttons.
Currently I'm having something like that:
Since I rather should use ...
