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App Dev Worksheet: Button Size and Contrast

App development lesson 12: Buttons: size and contrast · Set 142 · 40 questions
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Developer's tip (Big and bold): Our rule: every button is at least 48 px tall. Missing px = 48 − height. Leave space between buttons; use clear words like Save or Send. Strong contrast (black on yellow, white on dark green) is easy to read; similar colours are hard.

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  1. 1.True or false: a clear word like Save is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🌗 Is black on pale grey easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  3. 3.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) pale pink on white (b) black on pale grey (c) dark blue on black (d) yellow on white
  4. 4.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Save button: 56 px tall
    Send button: 44 px tall
    Start button: 48 px tall
    Help button: 40 px tall
  5. 5.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a clear word like Save? (a) good design (b) poor design
  6. 6.🌗 Is white on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  7. 7.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Done button is 44 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  8. 8.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Send button: 44 px tall
    Next button: 72 px tall
    Start button: 68 px tall
    (a) Send (b) Start (c) Next
  9. 9.🌗 Is white on dark green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  10. 10.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Back button: 68 px tall
    Save button: 64 px tall
    Cancel button: 44 px tall
    Next button: 72 px tall
    (a) Next (b) Save (c) Cancel (d) Back
  11. 11.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) red on green (b) pale pink on white (c) light grey on white (d) black on yellow
  12. 12.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Back button: 52 px tall
    Save button: 40 px tall
    Start button: 36 px tall
  13. 13.🌗 Is pale pink on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  14. 14.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Save button: 60 px tall
    Help button: 40 px tall
    Next button: 52 px tall
  15. 15.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Save button: 44 px tall
    Done button: 60 px tall
    Cancel button: 36 px tall
  16. 16.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: space between buttons? (a) poor design (b) good design
  17. 17.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Start button: 52 px tall
    Done button: 44 px tall
    Save button: 36 px tall
  18. 18.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Back button: 36 px tall
    Send button: 64 px tall
    Save button: 56 px tall
    Start button: 68 px tall
    (a) Start (b) Send (c) Back (d) Save
  19. 19.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Help button: 48 px tall
    Cancel button: 56 px tall
    Back button: 52 px tall
    Next button: 32 px tall
  20. 20.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a big, easy tap area? (a) poor design (b) good design
  21. 21.True or false: strong colour contrast is good button design. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Next button is 44 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  23. 23.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) red on green (b) pale pink on white (c) white on dark green (d) dark blue on black
  24. 24.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Help button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  25. 25.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Next button: 36 px tall
    Back button: 60 px tall
    Cancel button: 48 px tall
    (a) Next (b) Cancel (c) Back
  26. 26.True or false: a tiny 20 px button is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  28. 28.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) dark blue on white (b) white on dark green (c) black on yellow (d) red on green
  29. 29.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Send button: 36 px tall
    Help button: 56 px tall
    Cancel button: 36 px tall
  30. 30.True or false: icons with no meaning is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: buttons almost touching is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Send button: 68 px tall
    Done button: 36 px tall
    Cancel button: 64 px tall
    (a) Cancel (b) Send (c) Done
  33. 33.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Send button is 40 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  34. 34.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 28 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  35. 35.🌗 Is black on yellow easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  36. 36.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Start button: 64 px tall
    Help button: 44 px tall
    Send button: 64 px tall
    (a) Help (b) Send (c) Start
  37. 37.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 44 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  38. 38.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Back button is 40 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  39. 39.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Save button: 48 px tall
    Send button: 52 px tall
    Back button: 48 px tall
    Start button: 24 px tall
    (a) Start (b) Save (c) Send (d) Back
  40. 40.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 40 px tall. How many px taller must it be?

Answer key

  1. False
  2. easy to read
  3. black on pale grey
  4. 2
  5. good design
  6. easy to read
  7. 4
  8. Send
  9. easy to read
  10. Cancel
  11. black on yellow
  12. 1
  13. hard to read
  14. 2
  15. 1
  16. good design
  17. 1
  18. Back
  19. 3
  20. good design
  21. True
  22. 4
  23. white on dark green
  24. 16
  25. Next
  26. True
  27. 28
  28. red on green
  29. 1
  30. True
  31. True
  32. Done
  33. 8
  34. 20
  35. easy to read
  36. Help
  37. 4
  38. 8
  39. Start
  40. 8

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