Re: Subwindow name?

Subject: Re: Subwindow name?
From: Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:05:12 -0800

These are called *child windows*, with Add New Device being the *parent*.

Off the top of my head, I might refer to them like this:

ADD NEW DEVICE: Enter a Device Name
ADD NEW DEVICE: IP Address
...and so forth. You might even explain that ADD NEW DEVICE is a parent
window that spawns several child windows by these names: _______ _________
________. Then you could simply refer to the child windows as Enter a Device
Name, IP Address, and the like.

> Chris


On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net> wrote:

> Hi, all.
>
> The software I am documenting has a series of windows that share the same
> main window name but a different subtitle.
>
> Example:
>
> To add a new device, I click Add New Device.
>
> The Add New Device window appears. It has this title:
>
> ADD NEW DEVICE
> Enter a Device Name
>
> I enter a device name and click Next.
>
> The next window that appears has this title:
>
> ADD NEW DEVICE
> IP Address
>
> I enter an IP address and click Next.
>
> The next window has this title:
>
> ADD NEW DEVICE
> Password
>
> and so on.
>
> The subtitles are not parallel, which is one bit of sloppiness, but we have
> no control over this software and won't be able to change it.
>
> I need to refer to one of these sub-windows. I am not sure whether to say
> "Enter the IP address in the "IP Address" sub-window of the "Add New Device"
> window, or what.
>
> I could also call it the "Add New Device/IP Address" window, but I hate
> slashes. They obscure the relationship.
>
> What would you call it? I would call it lousy UI design, but that's another
> discussion . . .
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Nancy
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