I tend to keep radio buttons just for (mutually exclusive) options in a
form that needs to be filled in.
On a toolbar I believe that you really have to use the expected idiom
which is flat style buttons or icons.
What prompted me to ask the question is that I was going to use one
button to save on space but we have a horrid VB app from an Aussie
company where only a subtle text changes on the button indicates the
mode of operation. The amount of times I have seen people (including
myself) waiting for a call when it was not in the correct mode....
I experimented with toggle switches - they look horrible because again
they are not the usual MS style, but were the correct thing as far as
modelling the real world.
In the end, I have gone with two buttons but will also try & stick a
'LED' on the form to indicate that communication mode is active.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leo Ramakers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 3 September 1999 15:33
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: One button or two
>
>
> I dislike an interface that changes on me as I work, so
> prefer option (a).
>
> What about a radio button with two items?
>
> Grant Black wrote:
>
> > Purely subjective UI question. What do people prefer on a
> toolbar or
> > form given that there is some process which can be started
> and stopped.
> >
> > (a) Two buttons ie: [Start] [Stop] one of which is always
> not enabled,
> > (ie when the process in underway only Stop is enabled)
> >
> > or
> >
> > (b) One button which changes - ie [Start] which once the
> process starts
> > changes to [Stop]
> >
> > I suspect from what I re-call of POET and other UI books
> that (a) is the
> > best choice as swapping UI around on people is generally
> considered a
> > bad thing, but then two buttons take up twice the amount of limited
> > screen real-estate...
> >
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