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Subject:RE: 40 Buttons on one screen From:"Tom Johnson" <tjohnson -at- freeway -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 6 May 2005 07:50:34 -0400
Ashok,
Beth and Kathleen offered some good suggestions. I'll offer two for
the worst-case scenario, where you aren't able to group the buttons.
A simple thing would be to number each button 1 to 40 and include the
number notation for each button. If things move, you just move the
callout and you're good to go. The drawback is that numbers can get
out of sequence
Engineering drawings often use a coordinate system to refer to
components. This is especially useful when you get beyond a few dozen
components (hundreds or thousands) where callouts become impractical.
In your case, you could include a full screen-capture and label top
and bottom with numbers 1 to 10. Label the left and right sides with
letters A to J (for instance). Then you can use the labels as
coordinates for the buttons (for example C5). I'll admit it would be a
bit cumbersome, but it will save you a lot of milage instead of trying
to describe things by using "lower-left, just to the right of the
thingy-widget." If the developer moves things, you may have to give
new coordinates, but it beats trying to change a lengthy description.
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