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Motif and CDE 2.1 Style Guide Reference

Information Message

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Description

An information message is a message that indicates to a user that a condition or an event has occurred. For example:

Document has been deleted

Figure 35. Information Message Dialog.




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When to Use

Required
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.

Required
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.

Required
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.

Guidelines

Required
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.

Required
Design the information message window to be modeless.

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

Recommended
Provide a Help push button that allows the user to request help information.

Required
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.

Essential Related Topics

For more information, see the Action Message, In-Progress Message, Message, and Push Button (Predefined) reference pages.

Supplemental Related Topics

For more information, see the Information and Message Areas (Area) reference page.

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