Re: Word-a-Day: button, command button, toggle button

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 23 Apr 2008, at 17:52, Shaun McCance wrote:

> Refer to a button using its label and the word "button".
> For common buttons such as 'Cancel' or 'Help', you may
> simply'use the button label when instructing the user
> to click the button.
>
> Correct:
> Click the 'Theme Details' button.
> Click 'Close'.

So, this brings up a presentation issue, which is a bit of a  
digression...

How are we saying the label should be written-- in quotes?  Leave it  
up to the DocBook stylesheets (which currently render labels in bold,  
no quotes)? What about for non-DocBook documents, or plain text  
documents?

> If possible, insert the icon after the label in parentheses.

I think the need for parentheses is related to the last point-- if the  
label isn't quoted, then the parantheses look a bit redundant and odd  
IMHO.  But I admit they're kind of necessary when the label is quoted.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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