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| What should be the name for controls that contain static text? These controls are sometimes (but not always) used to label other controls. |
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Chris
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 Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:23 pm Post subject: Poll 1 of 2: Help us decide on GUI naming: Label vs. Text |
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| I see advantages and disadvantages to each poll choice. Which do you think is most appropriate (i.e. easiest to remember, etc.)? |
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Beastmaster
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Wouldn't Caption fit ? |
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beardboy
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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Isn't Microsoft's standard "StaticText"? I don't like the name Label because it might not be used as a label per say. It could see where I would use it other ways, and Text seems a better fit.
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Chris
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Wouldn't Caption fit ? |
It's good and meaningful, but since it's not a commonly used word (compared to label and text), I suspect it would be harder to remember.
| Quote: | | Isn't Microsoft's standard "StaticText"? |
That could be true within their documentation, but within their API it's simply "static". Rajat was right to point out that a static control (depending on its style) can contain either a picture, a string of text, or perhaps other things. |
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