Re: [SLUG] GUI standard question: Button label changes

[Zhasper <slug@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My advice, for all the 5c its worht would ebt o do one of two things:
a) use two different buttons
b) useee more explicit labelling "Show Today" and "Show All"
or, if interface space is really that tight that you can't afford the 
extra space, use a menu (either froma  menu bar or a pop-up menu) with 
appropriate shortcut keys (ctrl+t and ctrl+a, for cinstance) 

On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:

> Have a question to see if anyone knows what the standard behaviour
> should be in a GUI application.  I've seen both out there.
> 
> You have a button.  The label on the button changes each time you
> click it.  eg, let's say it changes a select list from [All] to
> [Today].  Now the button could have two very different behaviours:
> 
> 1) It shows the current state, ie when it says [All] that means all
>    the items are displayed.
> 2) It shows what the button will do to the list, ie when is says [All]
>    it means it is currently showing just Today and when you click the
>    button it will display All.
> 
> So what is the standard?  Is there one?
> 
>