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

[José Dapena Paz <jdapena igalia com>]

El lun, 03-11-2003 a las 17:37, Calum Benson escribió:

> 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.)

	An idea to board this is adding the <big> attribute to group labels,
so:
	- Group labels: <b><big>
	- Attribute name label: <b>
	- Attribute value label: normal.

> 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" :)

	Mmm, it looks nice usually. But when we have two groups of properties
laid horizontally, it would lead to confussion.

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José Dapena Paz <jdapena igalia com>
Igalia, S.L.