Re: Command buttons

Hello Janis,

It is a good practive to keep your "Postive" command buttons ( eg:- Save,
Submit...) aligned to the left and "Negative" command buttons (eg:- Cancel,
Delete...) aligned to the right.

This is with regard to the fact that human eyes scan from left to right and
top to bottom. Also it is a fact that the frequency of "User" clicking
positive buttons are more than clicking the negative buttons. So a grouping
of buttons attend to that purpose.

Regards
Harikrishna VP
User Experience Designer,
Usability Engineering Group,
IBS, Technopark,
Trivandrum,
India.


On 1/27/07, Richman, Janis D. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello all:
>
> I have the dubious pleasure of placing command buttons vertically on a
> sidebar.  I am curious as to the best order for the following:
>
> submit
> save
> save/exit
> cancel
> delete
> close
>
> Any thoughts?
>
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