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 this good or poor button design: a clear word like Save? (a) good design (b) poor design
- 2.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a big, easy tap area? (a) poor design (b) good design
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3.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Send button: 64 px tall
Save button: 40 px tall
Start button: 72 px tall
Cancel button: 48 px tall (a) Start (b) Cancel (c) Save (d) Send - 4.🌗 Is dark blue on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
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5.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Next button: 32 px tall
Start button: 36 px tall
Done button: 44 px tall
Help button: 64 px tall -
6.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Help button: 40 px tall
Save button: 40 px tall
Next button: 36 px tall - 7.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 36 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 8.🌗 Is black on yellow easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 9.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Send button is 40 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 10.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on black (b) black on yellow (c) white on dark green (d) dark blue on black
- 11.🌗 Is red on green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
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12.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Help button: 40 px tall
Cancel button: 40 px tall
Start button: 60 px tall - 13.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) black on yellow (b) dark blue on white (c) white on black (d) red on green
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14.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Send button: 60 px tall
Save button: 56 px tall
Start button: 36 px tall
Done button: 40 px tall - 15.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on dark green (b) pale pink on white (c) black on pale grey (d) white on black
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16.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Next button: 36 px tall
Send button: 52 px tall
Cancel button: 48 px tall
Done button: 52 px tall (a) Cancel (b) Send (c) Done (d) Next - 17.🌗 Is dark blue on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
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18.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Done button: 44 px tall
Help button: 44 px tall
Next button: 44 px tall - 19.True or false: space between buttons is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
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20.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Back button: 56 px tall
Cancel button: 40 px tall
Send button: 72 px tall (a) Back (b) Send (c) Cancel - 21.True or false: icons with no meaning is good button design. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: icons with no meaning? (a) good design (b) poor design
- 23.🌗 Is white on dark green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 24.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Done button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
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25.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Back button: 56 px tall
Done button: 60 px tall
Save button: 52 px tall
Next button: 60 px tall - 26.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: space between buttons? (a) good design (b) poor design
- 27.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: grey text on grey? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 28.🌗 Is black on pale grey easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 29.True or false: a tiny 20 px button is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Help button is 36 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 31.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) light grey on white (b) white on black (c) white on dark green (d) black on yellow
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32.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Done button: 40 px tall
Cancel button: 64 px tall
Save button: 48 px tall - 33.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) black on pale grey (b) light grey on white (c) dark blue on black (d) yellow on white
- 34.🌗 Is yellow on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
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35.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Cancel button: 60 px tall
Save button: 44 px tall
Send button: 52 px tall - 36.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Cancel button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 37.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Back button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
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38.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Back button: 28 px tall
Next button: 48 px tall
Save button: 64 px tall
Done button: 68 px tall (a) Back (b) Save (c) Next (d) Done -
39.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Save button: 40 px tall
Send button: 48 px tall
Done button: 60 px tall (a) Send (b) Done (c) Save - 40.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Next button is 24 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
Answer key
- good design
- good design
- Save
- easy to read
- 1
- 0
- 12
- easy to read
- 8
- dark blue on black
- hard to read
- 1
- red on green
- 2
- pale pink on white
- Next
- hard to read
- 0
- False
- Cancel
- False
- poor design
- easy to read
- 16
- 4
- good design
- poor design
- easy to read
- True
- 12
- light grey on white
- 2
- black on pale grey
- hard to read
- 2
- 28
- 16
- Back
- Save
- 24
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