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Wording changes to explanation of descriptive icon (different contexts affext interpretation).
minor edit.
minor wording changes
scottaohara
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Nov 21, 2024
Changing "loupe" to "magnifying glass"
scottaohara
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Nov 21, 2024
| @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ <h2>Intent of Headings and Labels</h2> | |||
| <p>Labels and headings do not need to be lengthy. A word, or even a single character, | |||
| may suffice if it provides an appropriate cue to finding and navigating content. | |||
| </p> | |||
| <p>Labels of form controls are usually text-based. In some cases, images can serve as descriptive label without additional text. In these cases, authors should ensure that the image and its use as label in a particular context can be considered conventional and widely understood. | |||
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making 'label' plural to match the preceding plural 'images'.
swapped out 'should' with 'would need to' to avoid using "should" in an informative doc.
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| <p>Labels of form controls are usually text-based. In some cases, images can serve as descriptive label without additional text. In these cases, authors should ensure that the image and its use as label in a particular context can be considered conventional and widely understood. | |
| <p>Labels of form controls are usually text-based. In some cases, images can serve as descriptive labels without additional text. In these cases, authors would need to ensure that the image and its use as label in a particular context can be considered conventional and widely understood. |
scottaohara
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| @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ <h2>Intent of Headings and Labels</h2> | |||
| <p>Labels and headings do not need to be lengthy. A word, or even a single character, | |||
| may suffice if it provides an appropriate cue to finding and navigating content. | |||
| </p> | |||
| <p>Labels of form controls are usually text-based. In some cases, images can serve as descriptive label without additional text. In these cases, authors should ensure that the image and its use as label in a particular context can be considered conventional and widely understood. | |||
| Note that the same icon can be interpreted differently in different contexts and still be considered descriptive in that context. For example, placed after a search field, a magnifying glass icon is commonly interpreted as triggering a search. | |||
| Placed on an image, a magnifying glass icon is commonly interpreted as opening a magnified version of the image (or zooming into that image).</p> | |||
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some suggested text to expand on this
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| Placed on an image, a magnifying glass icon is commonly interpreted as opening a magnified version of the image (or zooming into that image).</p> | |
| Placed on or near another image, a loupe or magnify glass icon is commonly interpreted as a means to view a magnified version of the image (for instance, acting as a mechanism to zoom into the image, or opening a full-sized image in a new window).</p> |
scottaohara
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| @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ <h2>Intent of Headings and Labels</h2> | |||
| <p>Labels and headings do not need to be lengthy. A word, or even a single character, | |||
| may suffice if it provides an appropriate cue to finding and navigating content. | |||
| </p> | |||
| <p>Labels of form controls are usually text-based. In some cases, images can serve as descriptive label without additional text. In these cases, authors should ensure that the image and its use as label in a particular context can be considered conventional and widely understood. | |||
| Note that the same icon can be interpreted differently in different contexts and still be considered descriptive in that context. For example, placed after a search field, a magnifying glass icon is commonly interpreted as triggering a search. | |||
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Some suggested text for you to consider:
- swapped out the first instance of "icon" with "image", as previously "image" was the term being used, and prior to introducing the example, changing to "icon" seemed awkward.
- Split the first sentence into two, and carried over the "conventional and widely understood" caveat from the previous paragraph to explain why it can be still descriptive in different contexts.
- changed "when placed after" to "accompanying a" since the former was narrowly scoped and not representative of how all instances of search fields might be designed.
- similarly changed 'triggering' to the changed text because sometimes a search icon is merely a label, and sometimes it also acts as a button, but it always is a means to identifying the search widget.
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| Note that the same icon can be interpreted differently in different contexts and still be considered descriptive in that context. For example, placed after a search field, a magnifying glass icon is commonly interpreted as triggering a search. | |
| Note that the same image can be interpreted differently in different contexts. However, it can still be considered descriptive if its use is commonly understood in each context. For example, when accompanying a text field, a loupe or magnifying glass icon is commonly interpreted as indicating the field is for entering and submitting a search query. |
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Sounds all very reasonable. Do you want to create a PR on my PR or do you want me to implement those changes? |
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A proposed addition to the 2.4.6 Understanding text that states that conventional icons can in some cases serve as descriptive label of form controls. Included is an example of a conventional icon (loupe for search).
See rendered version of the revised 2.4.6 Understanding text