Common Desktop Environment: Style Guide and Certification Checklist

Push Button

 

n/a 

 

 

Required 

7-28: 

When the user presses BSelect in a push button, the push button is armed. When the user releases BSelect in the same push button that the press occurred in, the push button is disarmed and activated. When the user releases BSelect outside the push button, the push button is disarmed but not activated.  

BSelect provides a consistent means of activating a push button. 

Required 

7-29: 

When the user presses the Enter or Return key in a push button that is in a window with a default action, the push button is activated. When the user presses the Enter or Return key in a push button in a menu, the push button is activated and the menu is unposted.  

The Enter and Return keys activate a dialog box or a push button in a menu. 

Required 

7-30: 

When the user presses the Select key or Spacebar in a push button, the push button is activated. If the push button is in a menu, the menu is unposted.  

The Select key and Spacebar activate a push button.