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Subject:Re: Re: inline spacing on graphics - Word From:Susan W. Gallagher <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:28:01 -0400
Sean,
First, Dick is right about how to position the graphic.
When it's inline like that, it's just another character,
a big one! <g>, but just another character, so making it a
subscript is the way to go.
Second, there ain't no such thing as a button without a text
label from the user POV - at least not from this user POV! -
as I always ascribe a verbal cue to a picture button, whether
it has an "official" one or not. In other words, if you don't
give the users a name by which to call the button, they'll
give it one -- and it may not be as nice as the name you'd
give it! <g>
Sometimes you can just echo the tooltip, sometimes you have
to just assign an arbitrary name, but (IMO) you should
always try to call it something and that something should
relate to the button's function in some way.
My two cents.
-Sue Gallagher
>
> From: Sean Hower <hokumhome -at- freehomepage -dot- com>
> --------------------
> Dick Margulis wrote after providing a solution:
> Far better would be to move the graphic to the margin or mortise it into the edge of the text column...
> --------------------
>
> Here's a clear explanation of our situation mostly for a further explanation of what you have in mind with the above suggestion. These images are appearing mostly in steps where we're telling the user to click a button that has no text on it. The only way to identify it is visually.
>
> 2. Click This Unlabled Button <img>.
>
> How would your suggestion apply to this?
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