felixrosbergen
Senior Member
So i'm starting to look at doing some serious work on my TouchScreen (TS) interfaces.
I'm trying to figure out some conventions.
The nice thing about a TS is that buttons and such can change functions...but it also can be confusing.
I'm looking to see if there is any type of convention.
I would like to have a button that both indicated the current state and causes a change of state when pressed.
Let take a light as an example:
States: On / Off
Actions: Turn Off / Turn On
So if the light is currently on would the button e.g. be green and with text that says 'On'? Or would it have a text that says 'Off' since that is what you would press to turn it off.
Does this make sense to anyway?
I took peak at my Ipod touch and for 'On/Off' type functions it appears to show the current state making the assumption that you know this is a TS and that in 99% of the cases you can touch something to cause action...then you actually press 'Off' to turn something On.
Maybe i'm totally over thinking this...but some input would be appreciated.
I had similar confusion when working with windows offline files. There was a button that let you change states (work online/offline) and at the same time indicated the current state...had me confused every time.
I'm trying to figure out some conventions.
The nice thing about a TS is that buttons and such can change functions...but it also can be confusing.
I'm looking to see if there is any type of convention.
I would like to have a button that both indicated the current state and causes a change of state when pressed.
Let take a light as an example:
States: On / Off
Actions: Turn Off / Turn On
So if the light is currently on would the button e.g. be green and with text that says 'On'? Or would it have a text that says 'Off' since that is what you would press to turn it off.
Does this make sense to anyway?
I took peak at my Ipod touch and for 'On/Off' type functions it appears to show the current state making the assumption that you know this is a TS and that in 99% of the cases you can touch something to cause action...then you actually press 'Off' to turn something On.
Maybe i'm totally over thinking this...but some input would be appreciated.
I had similar confusion when working with windows offline files. There was a button that let you change states (work online/offline) and at the same time indicated the current state...had me confused every time.