A matter of style
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So whats the consensus around here? When creating an app do you place a colon after your labels or not? i.e. Customer Name: [label] or Customer Name [label] I've always used a colon but have recently been told by our CIO to not use them. I think it just makes everything bleed together and looks terrible.
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Why should you use colon????? I think MS uses those since it looked good in DOS ( as a visual separator). It seems to have carried the tradition. Today if you have a label and a textbox that look different, I dont think colon is of much use. As an end user, I dont even notice the difference. Is there any scientific reason for using that?
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i have never been a fan of colons.
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then where do you go?
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So whats the consensus around here? When creating an app do you place a colon after your labels or not? i.e. Customer Name: [label] or Customer Name [label] I've always used a colon but have recently been told by our CIO to not use them. I think it just makes everything bleed together and looks terrible.
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It's an accessibility issue. The colon is used by some screen reader programs (e.g. those for visually impaired users) to detect the labels.
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It's an accessibility issue. The colon is used by some screen reader programs (e.g. those for visually impaired users) to detect the labels.
Thats a good point, hadn't thought of that. Thanks
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This was discussed here in the recent past but I have no idea what the consensus was if any. So here's YAP. (Yet another opinion.) There needs to be some form of visual separation between the "Customer Name" etc. and the Values. If the values are also labels, it might be done with colons or spacing. If the values are in text boxes or similar, the colons would not be extraneous. Did your CIO say why not to use colons? Seems a bit drastic. I mean, where would be without our colons? :laugh: Edit: struck not :-O
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Big Daddy Farang wrote:
Did your CIO say why not to use colons? Seems a bit drastic.
No reason given. Guess its just a means of exercising control where he can and where he shouldn't be.
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Big Daddy Farang wrote:
Did your CIO say why not to use colons? Seems a bit drastic.
No reason given. Guess its just a means of exercising control where he can and where he shouldn't be.
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So he's a colon control freak? X| :laugh:
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Why should you use colon????? I think MS uses those since it looked good in DOS ( as a visual separator). It seems to have carried the tradition. Today if you have a label and a textbox that look different, I dont think colon is of much use. As an end user, I dont even notice the difference. Is there any scientific reason for using that?
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then where do you go?
sorry? i have never been fond of using colons in forms. i think it get messier and clutters things up when for the most party, all my textboxes have a space between the header and it is clearly defined by the structure more than some colon.
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So he's a colon control freak? X| :laugh:
BDF A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. -- Moliere
One must be able to control ones colon.
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So whats the consensus around here? When creating an app do you place a colon after your labels or not? i.e. Customer Name: [label] or Customer Name [label] I've always used a colon but have recently been told by our CIO to not use them. I think it just makes everything bleed together and looks terrible.
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I like colons. but only on horizantal 'label-field' relationships. I believe this is because most of my users are acustomed to the colon as an expression of expectation, rather than a mere useless decoration.
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This was discussed here in the recent past but I have no idea what the consensus was if any. So here's YAP. (Yet another opinion.) There needs to be some form of visual separation between the "Customer Name" etc. and the Values. If the values are also labels, it might be done with colons or spacing. If the values are in text boxes or similar, the colons would not be extraneous. Did your CIO say why not to use colons? Seems a bit drastic. I mean, where would be without our colons? :laugh: Edit: struck not :-O
BDF A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. -- Moliere
Big Daddy Farang wrote:
I mean, where would be without our colons? :laugh:
Constipated?
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Why should you use colon????? I think MS uses those since it looked good in DOS ( as a visual separator). It seems to have carried the tradition. Today if you have a label and a textbox that look different, I dont think colon is of much use. As an end user, I dont even notice the difference. Is there any scientific reason for using that?
It's not all about the UI; it's also about reflecting real world use of the colon: as an introductory break.
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sorry? i have never been fond of using colons in forms. i think it get messier and clutters things up when for the most party, all my textboxes have a space between the header and it is clearly defined by the structure more than some colon.
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So whats the consensus around here? When creating an app do you place a colon after your labels or not? i.e. Customer Name: [label] or Customer Name [label] I've always used a colon but have recently been told by our CIO to not use them. I think it just makes everything bleed together and looks terrible.
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Mark Nischalke wrote:
I've always used a colon but have recently been told by our CIO to not use them.
If you're using a C syntax like language, then the only thing you need to worry about is when he tries to remove your semi-colons.
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So whats the consensus around here? When creating an app do you place a colon after your labels or not? i.e. Customer Name: [label] or Customer Name [label] I've always used a colon but have recently been told by our CIO to not use them. I think it just makes everything bleed together and looks terrible.
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Show him, oh, I don't know, just about every dialog in Windows!
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Show him, oh, I don't know, just about every dialog in Windows!
DoEvents: Generating unexpected recursion since 1991
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So whats the consensus around here? When creating an app do you place a colon after your labels or not? i.e. Customer Name: [label] or Customer Name [label] I've always used a colon but have recently been told by our CIO to not use them. I think it just makes everything bleed together and looks terrible.
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Labels on labels get colons labels on actionable elements do not. However, I try to be consistent. Personally, instead of a colon I prefer to use strong.
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So whats the consensus around here? When creating an app do you place a colon after your labels or not? i.e. Customer Name: [label] or Customer Name [label] I've always used a colon but have recently been told by our CIO to not use them. I think it just makes everything bleed together and looks terrible.
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I always have used colons after the labels... Just my preference. I resisted any anatomical wise-cracks (it was tough). ;)
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So whats the consensus around here? When creating an app do you place a colon after your labels or not? i.e. Customer Name: [label] or Customer Name [label] I've always used a colon but have recently been told by our CIO to not use them. I think it just makes everything bleed together and looks terrible.
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For me, it depends upon the layout. If the label is above the control it applies to, I don't use a colon. If the label is to the left of the control, I use a colon. I stick to one layout in a given application (labels above or labels left). I don't know where I got this convention. Now that's just scary :sigh:.
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So whats the consensus around here? When creating an app do you place a colon after your labels or not? i.e. Customer Name: [label] or Customer Name [label] I've always used a colon but have recently been told by our CIO to not use them. I think it just makes everything bleed together and looks terrible.
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I've always been lavish in my use of separators for clarity, and the colon was a favorite. But since having one-third of my colon removed I've become much more conservation minded, switching instead to semi-colons.
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