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Back button changes from cancel to save and exit
I'm working on a campaign management tool, and the user can create a new campaign which takes them to the creation page (a full page takeover). This full page takeover has a save and exit button on ...
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Cancel button to go back after Saving
In a desktop application, I have a form which the user can edit some data, then save it. When they save, they stay on the same page and get the feedback message like "Campaign saved". And to ...
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Position of Cancel and Back Button
We have are building a room finder application where we have a back button and a cancel button. The back button goes back a step in the navigation, while the cancel button cancels the navigation. &...
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Cancel button, reset form or go back?
I'm working on a project where there's a CRUD table, but the editing takes place in an individual page. In this editing page, if the user presses the cancel button, a modal pops up asking for ...
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Most appropriate icon for "Abort" button [closed]
I'm designing a button which when clicked aborts a certain process.
I need an Icon on the button with the text "Abort". The icon will be place on the left and text will be placed right to ...
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Is this cancel button needed?
In this UI it is possible to type in text in an input box, press Enter and the text would get converted into a tag visually (and in JSON). After the tag is typed, the cursor would be ready for the ...
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Mobile forms - Where to put the save and cancel buttons?
We are making a responsive website. There is a form on the site and I am not sure what type of save and cancel buttons to use where. I have found several patterns as you can see in the picture with ...
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Should I add a redundant "Cancel" option? [duplicate]
The user starts an action, and, afterwards, the system determines that some special condition is present which warrants further confirmation from the user:
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Button text for 'Are you sure you want to cancel this order' alert? [duplicate]
I'm working on an eCommerce site where we're implementing a feature that allows the user to cancel an order (of physical goods) that's in transit.
On the line item (parcel level) the user can '...
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Why is this ordering of buttons chosen
When I double click any executable sh file in ubuntu, I see the pop-up showing multiple options like below
The strange thing to note here is that "Cancel" button lies in middle, not at either extreme....
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What is the best approach for showing the user instructions?
Our app has a fairly involved process of pairing with an adhesive patch via Bluetooth. This process is illustrated on a series of screens connected via Next/Back buttons. For users of this app, this ...
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Why should "cancel" and "confirm" button have the same size?
A lot of UI Frameworks provide 2 different types of buttons:
a sort of confirmation button
a "cancel" button
The UI of the two buttons could be different: different colors, background, borders, etc. ...
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On an application that does heavy calculations, with underterminate progress indicator, should we have a cancel button?
The application I'm working on performs very heavy calculations. Right now we're using an undeterminate spinner. I go nuts from this and can imagine our users get even more annoyed with it. I thought ...
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Save & Add New, Save & Close, Save, Done, Cancel
This is something I've been struggling with, because there seems to be a lack of standard for it (as far as I can tell).
There are two scenarios.
Save & Close and Save & Add New
We are ...
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Is there a need for save/cancel buttons in iOS app?
I am developing an investment property evaluator app that allows the user to record information about a potential investment property and evaluates the property based on certain metrics. It uses drill ...
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'X'-close button on iPhone
The default way of dismissing views in iOS is with Cancel or Done. However in this view I think Cancel uses to much space, which is better given to the search bar.
What is your opinion? Is using X ...
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de-emphasizing cancel
Is it a good idea to de-emphasize the cancel button?
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When to use the Back button vs. Cancel/Done on iPhone
I noticed that in some cases Apple uses Cancel / Done buttons, and in others there's only the the Back button.
In Calendar, for example, when you choose how often an event should repeat, you have ...
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