Visual Design:Text Layout

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Text in the user interface functions as a type of embedded help. Make sure it is understandable for your users, short and descriptive.

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1 Related 1 Capitalization 1.1 Guidelines 2 Text Alignment

Related

<todo> Language</todo>

Capitalization

There are two types of capitalization:

• Book Title Capitalization:

 Capitalize all words in the element except for: 
 *  Prepositions having less than five letters, (e.g. "for", "in", "with" or "to", but "From" or "Under")
 *  Conjunctions ("and", "or" and "but")
 *  Articles ("the", "a" and "an")

• Sentence Style Capitalization:

 Capitalize the first letter of the first word, the rest of the words is lowercase.

Guidelines

Use book title capitalization in the following cases:

• Window and dialog box titles
• Group box / group line labels
• button labels
• Tab labels
• Listview column headers
• Menu titles / menu items
• Derivatives of KCommand
• Combobox items
• Listbox items
• Tree list items
• Other heading/title text

Use sentence style capitalization in the following cases:

• Edit box labels
• List box labels
• Combo box labels
• Spin box labels
• Check box labels
• Option button labels
• Spin box labels
• Slider labels
• Pop-up hint text
• Other non heading/title text

Text Alignment

<todo> Spacing, alginment for header capitalization for text and text labels</todo>