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Re: Buttons and Tooltips in the HIG

 

Yeah. Like toolbar buttons should have tooltips, but dialog buttons
typically should not. Or something.
On Jul 18, 2012 8:56 PM, "Daniel Foré" <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yea that's a good question. Perhaps we need to divide the button section
> into different types of buttons.
>
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Cassidy James <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hey Dan,
>>
>> I had a quick question related to the bump to the HIG that mentions
>> tooltips on buttons. Would that include buttons in dialogs that are
>> self-explanatory? I feel like a proper button will not need a tooltip
>> unless it's only an icon (like in toolbars).
>>
>> Let me know your thoughts on this.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Cassidy
>>
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