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