Re: [Usability] Labels, entries or another form to show information?

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 15:04, Eloy Froufe wrote:

> is this the best form to make it?
> or is better using labels?
> or is there another better form to make it?

This looks like a nice clear form, but it using entries does make it
look like you can edit the information.  Making all the entry fields the
same width like that might also make it a little harder to pick out the
information you're looking for straight away.

The HIG doesn't currently make any recommendations for large displays of
read-only information, but I quite like the way the Nautilus File
Properties dialog does it... using a bold label for each field name, and
a regular label for the value.  (Unfortunately that lessens the effect
of the bold group labels though; not really sure what the best solution
is there... maybe it doesn't really matter.)

You might also try right-aligning the field names (Internal code, Bar
code etc.), rather than left-aligning them... whether one way is better
than the other is a debate we've had many times before, so my advice is
usually just "try it and see which works better for this particular
form" :)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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