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Inside Macintosh: Mac OS 8 Human Interface Guidelines /
Chapter 2 - Control Guidelines


Image Wells

The image well is used to display non-text visual content, such as icons or pictures. Image wells have a two-pixel-wide rectangular frame. This control has a "recessed" appearance and a white background fill, which distinguish it from controls such as bevel buttons. Figure 2-36 shows the enabled and selected states of image wells.

Figure 2-36 Image wells in enabled and selected states

Image wells can serve as drag and drop targets. You could use a set of image wells to manage thumbnail images in a clip-art catalog, for instance, or to display a set of user-selectable icons.

Image wells should not be used in place of push buttons or bevel buttons.


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18 JUL 1997