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From: mnykanen@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: official answer Re: Should outlines be used on dimmed buttons?
Message-ID: <2857.26bd2ff6@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 6 Aug 90 08:53:09 GMT
References: <26401@usc.edu>
Organization: University of Helsinki
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In article <26401@usc.edu>, jgro@biosys.apldbio.com (Jeremy Grodberg) writes:
> I asked the Apple Human interface group about the question posed here a 
> short while back: "Should the outline around the default button in a 
> dialog be dimmed when the button is dimmed?"
> 
> The official answer: Yes!  The outline should be dimmed when the button is
> dimmed (such as before a user enters any characters in a particular entry
> field).  The outline around the default button is considered part of the 
> button.

An aside: what exactly are the semantics of a default that is not
applicable by default? :-)
-- 
Matti Nyk{nen
CS Student at Helsinki U, Finland
email: mnykanen@cc.helsinki.FI

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