Chapter 3 - Dialog Box Guidelines
This chapter describes the dialog boxes that your application can use and shows how each has changed under platinum appearance. The chapter gives brief recommendations on choosing and implementing each kind of dialog box; more details are available in Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines. Finally, the chapter provides guidelines on how to lay out dialog boxes and alert boxes for maximum clarity and consistency under any appearance settings.
Chapter Contents
- About Dialog Boxes
- Movable Modal Dialog Boxes
- Modal Dialog Boxes
- Alert Boxes
- Note Alert Boxes
- Caution Alert Boxes
- Stop Alert Boxes
- Modeless Dialog Boxes
- Keyboard Navigation and Focus
- Layout Guidelines
- Measurement Guidelines
- Font Guidelines
- Spacing
- Control Layout Guidelines
- Push Button Layout
- Bevel Button Layout
- Checkboxes and Radio Button Layout
- Pop-up Menu Button Layout
- Group Box Layout
- Edit Text Field Layout
- Progress Indicator Layout
- Disclosure Triangle Layout
- Static Text Field Layout
- List Box Layout
- Help Button Layout