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NAMEPush Button (Predefined) — Reference DescriptionPush buttons can provide predefined functions. The predefined
push buttons are Apply, Cancel, Close, Continue, Help, More, No,
OK, Pause, Reset, Reset To Default, Resume, Retry, Save As Default,
Stop, Undo, and Yes. When to Use- Required
Use a push button with the predefined label when
you provide the function defined as follows: - Apply
An action choice that appears in a window and makes
the changes indicated in the window without closing it. - Cancel
An action choice that removes a secondary window
without applying any changes made in that window. - Close
An action choice that removes a window and all of
the windows associated with it from a screen. - Continue
An action choice that resumes a task that has been
interrupted by the application operating environment when the user
can proceed as originally requested. - Help
An action choice used on push buttons in secondary
windows to provide help specific to that window. A cascading choice that appears as a menu-bar item and provides
access to other menu items that contain information related to the
use of the application. - More
An action choice that displays additional controls
in a separate window. An action choice that expands the current dialog to show more
value choices and replaces itself with the current dialog. - No
An action choice that indicates a negative response
to a question presented in a message. - OK
An action choice that accepts the information in
a window and closes it. If the window contains changed information,
those changes are applied before the window is closed. - Pause
An action choice that temporarily suspends a task
without ending it. - RESET
An action choice that resets the values displayed
in a dialog or property window to the values they had when the window
became displayed or when the values were last saved as defaults,
whichever is most recent. - Reset To Default
An action choice that resets the values displayed
in a dialog or property window to the values they had when default
values were last saved. - Resume
An action choice that resumes a task that the user
paused. - Retry
An action choice that attempts to complete an interrupted
task. - Save As Default
An action choice that saves the values displayed
in a dialog or property window as defaults to be used when the same
(or similar) window is subsequently displayed to the same user by
the application. - Stop
An action choice that ends a task and removes the
message window. - Undo
An action choice that undoes the effect of the last
Apply. - Yes
An action choice that indicates a positive response
to a question presented in a message by an application or the system.
Guidelines- Required
If you provide the Cancel and Help push buttons,
place them to the right of all other push buttons. For information
on bidirectional and vertical language support, see Chapter
11. - Required
Do not use both a Close push button and a Cancel
push button in the same window. - Required
Provide a Resume push button whenever you provide
a Pause push button. - Required
When the user makes changes in a dialog or property
window and then activates Reset before committing them, return the
application to the state that it was in before the user made the
changes. Do not reset changes that have been previously committed,
for example when the user has selected Apply or OK. - Required
When the user selects Reset, restore the settings
of values only in the window where Reset was activated. - Required
Provide a Reset push button whenever you provide
an Apply or OK push button. - Recommended
When Apply and Undo are both provided as push buttons
in a window, unless the Undo label is augmented to indicate otherwise,
make Undo undo the effects of the last Apply. If you support only
a single-level Undo, then after the user selects Undo, restore the
changes undone if the user selects Undo again. - Recommended
Provide an Undo push button whenever you provide
an Apply push button. - Recommended
Provide a Save As Default push button if you expect
the user to save the values just set. - Recommended
When the user selects the Help push button, provide
access to help information that directly relates to the user's current
situation. For example, when the user encounters an error message,
provide easy access to information that will assist the user in
solving the problem that caused the error message. - Recommended
When the user selects the Help push button, display
help information in a separate primary window.
Essential Related TopicsFor more information, see the Push Button (Control)
reference page. Supplemental Related TopicsFor more information, see the Action Message, Close
(Choice), Default Action, Help (Menu/Action Choice),
and Primary Window reference
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