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Motif and Common Desktop Environment: Style Guide > Preface

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This document is written for five audiences:

Application designers

Any designer who uses Motif as a basis for building an application

Widget designers

Any designer who adds functionality to the existing Motif software

User interface system designers

Any designer who designs an interface for users with specific cultural and accessibility needs

Window manager designers

Any designer who uses Motif to govern the layout and controls that affect application windows

Common Desktop Environment application designers

Any designer who builds an application for the Common Desktop Environment

Read through the entire Style Guide once to familiarize yourself with all user interface design concepts. If you are already familiar with graphical user interfaces and their design concepts, but need specific information, skip to the topic you are interested in by using the following table:

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Incorporate Motif interface design guidelines into new or existing applications
Learn more about the parts of the user interface
Learn how to interact with the user interface
Locate definitions of termsThe “Glossary”
Understand the guidelines for designing a user interfaceStyle Guide Reference
Review the keyboard and functions of keys Appendix B “Keyboard Model and Key Bindings”
Compare mouse mappings for mouse devices with varying number of buttonsAppendix C “Mouse Techniques”
Compare Motif widgets to controlsAppendix A “Widgets and Components Cross Reference”
Know the guidelines required for style certification Style Guide Certification Checklist

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