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Subject:RE: Plus and minus sign buttons From:"David Cooper Consulting" <david_cooper_consulting -at- sympatico -dot- ca> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 4 Oct 2002 10:38:49 -0500
> "As a bonus question, does anyone know if it is standard Windows UI design
> practice to use these buttons? If there's a better alternative, I'd like
> to point it out to our developers."
Depends on the development tools. MS Visual Studio ships with something
called an "up-down" control (goofy name). I use it often. To see an example,
launch MS Word and check out File > Page Setup. The Margins tab includes
several examples.
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