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Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide Certification Checklist



Information Message

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Display an information message when a situation has occurred that the user may need to know about, but which has no follow-up actions the user can request.

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Display an information message when there is additional information about the status of normal completion of a task or about the current status of the task.

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If an in-progress message for the task is currently displayed in its own secondary window, do not use an information message. Instead, augment the in-progress message window with the message information.

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Display the information symbol appropriate to your operating environment to the left of the information message. For information on bidirectional and vertical language support, see Chapter 11.

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Design the information message window to be modeless.

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Provide an OK push button that allows a user to acknowledge the information displayed in the information message and to remove the message.

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Display the (i) symbol as the graphic image at the left of an information message. For information on bidirectional and vertical language support, see Chapter 11.


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