Common Desktop Environment: Style Guide and Certification Checklist

Guidelines

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If your application manages objects and allows the user to see or modify settings for these objects, these settings are displayed in an object properties window that is accessible from a Properties ... choice in the Edit, <object-type>, or Selected menus, as well as from the pop-up menu associated with the object. 

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If your application provides access to a Properties or Options window, this window includes the following set of buttons in the order listed, with the specified functionality, when supported by your application. 

 

 

OK 

Applies any changes made to components in the DialogBox and dismisses it. OK may be replaced by a more appropriate label (for example, Add). The alternate label should be a verb phrase. 

 

 

Apply 

Applies any changes made to components in the DialogBox and does not dismiss it. 

 

 

Reset 

Cancels any changes that have not yet been applied by your application. The controls within the DialogBox are reset to their state since the last time the DialogBox action was applied. If no changes have been applied within the current invocation of the DialogBox, the controls are reset to their state as of when the DialogBox was first displayed. 

 

 

Reset to Factory 

Cancels any changes that have not yet been applied. Components in the dialog box are reset to their default state or value as specified by the vendor that delivered the application (that is, the controls are restored to the original factory settings). 

 

 

Cancel 

Dismisses the dialog box without performing any actions not yet applied. 

 

 

Help 

Provides help for the dialog box. 

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If your application provides a Properties window that displays settings for a selected object, the Properties window tracks the current selection and modifies the state of any controls to accurately reflect the properties of the currently selected object.