
Yes, based on the element to which it is attached When a control is dependent on another control, it should be indented 12 DLUS or 18 relative pixels, which by design is the distance between check boxes and radio buttons from their labels. Smallest space between a non-interactive control and any other control Smallest space between interactive controls The most frequently-used Commit buttons include:īetween text labels and their associated controls (for example, text boxes and list boxes)ġ1 down from the top of the group box align vertically to the group box titleġ6 down from the top of the group box align vertically to the group box titleīetween horizontally or vertically arranged buttons
Vertically centered between related controls. Below and left-aligned with the other control. To the right of and top-aligned with the other control. When an action control interacts with another control, such as a text box with a Browse button, denote the relationship by placing the RELATED controls in one of three places: The layout of the controls should follow the Layout Flow, Spacing and Margins, Grouping, and Dialog Controls sections outlined below. The bulk of a dialog consists of controls used to change settings and/or interact with data within an application. Note that many legacy dialogs in Revit still have the Help button located in the bottom right of the dialog.
Help button is optional - use only when a relevant section is available in the documentation. Title bars text describes the contents of the window.Ī button in the title bar next to the close button. This can be used in conjunction with an editable text box Use this option if the data can be entered sequentially and has a logical limit. Sliders can also be combined with text boxes to give additional level of user control and give feedback as the slider is moved Use when the expected input or existing data will be in a specific range. Similar to a drop-down list box, but allows the user to enter information not pre-populated in the drop-down It is appropriate to hide the rest of the choices and only show the default selectionĪlso, use this instead of radio buttons when there are more than four choices or if real estate is limited Select from a list of mutually exclusive choices This choice requires manually entering a numerical text value There are between 2 - 5 mutually exclusive but related choices and the user can only make one selection per choice The choice being made (and its opposite) can be clearly expressed to the user with a single label