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App Dev Worksheet: Button Size and Contrast

App development lesson 12: Buttons: size and contrast · Set 296 · 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.🌗 Is red on green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  2. 2.True or false: buttons almost touching is good button design. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Start button: 60 px tall
    Help button: 56 px tall
    Send button: 48 px tall
    Back button: 40 px tall
    (a) Start (b) Help (c) Send (d) Back
  4. 4.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Send button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  5. 5.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Help button: 36 px tall
    Cancel button: 40 px tall
    Done button: 56 px tall
    Save button: 36 px tall
  6. 6.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Next button is 28 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  7. 7.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) dark blue on black (b) pale pink on white (c) black on yellow (d) red on green
  8. 8.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: strong colour contrast? (a) poor design (b) good design
  9. 9.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a tiny 20 px button? (a) poor design (b) good design
  10. 10.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) yellow on white (b) light grey on white (c) white on dark green (d) dark blue on black
  11. 11.🌗 Is black on yellow easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  12. 12.True or false: grey text on grey is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on dark green (b) light grey on white (c) dark blue on white (d) black on pale grey
  14. 14.🌗 Is white on dark green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  15. 15.🌗 Is light grey on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  16. 16.🌗 Is pale pink on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  17. 17.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a big, easy tap area? (a) good design (b) poor design
  18. 18.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Send button: 68 px tall
    Start button: 44 px tall
    Save button: 60 px tall
    Cancel button: 60 px tall
    (a) Save (b) Cancel (c) Send (d) Start
  19. 19.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Save button: 52 px tall
    Cancel button: 40 px tall
    Start button: 60 px tall
    Back button: 40 px tall
  20. 20.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Save button: 56 px tall
    Start button: 52 px tall
    Help button: 48 px tall
  21. 21.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Done button: 48 px tall
    Next button: 72 px tall
    Send button: 24 px tall
    Save button: 52 px tall
    (a) Next (b) Send (c) Save (d) Done
  22. 22.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: icons with no meaning? (a) poor design (b) good design
  23. 23.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Done button is 24 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  24. 24.True or false: a tiny 20 px button is good button design. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🌗 Is dark blue on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  26. 26.True or false: strong colour contrast is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a clear word like Save is good button design. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🌗 Is black on pale grey easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  29. 29.🌗 Is yellow on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  30. 30.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Send button: 24 px tall
    Cancel button: 52 px tall
    Done button: 48 px tall
    (a) Done (b) Cancel (c) Send
  31. 31.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Cancel button: 48 px tall
    Done button: 60 px tall
    Next button: 32 px tall
    Save button: 56 px tall
    (a) Save (b) Next (c) Cancel (d) Done
  32. 32.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) light grey on white (b) black on pale grey (c) yellow on white (d) pale pink on white
  33. 33.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a clear word like Save? (a) good design (b) poor design
  34. 34.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on dark green (b) black on yellow (c) dark blue on white (d) red on green
  35. 35.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: buttons almost touching? (a) poor design (b) good design
  36. 36.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Save button: 60 px tall
    Send button: 36 px tall
    Back button: 48 px tall
    (a) Save (b) Send (c) Back
  37. 37.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) pale pink on white (b) dark blue on white (c) white on black (d) black on yellow
  38. 38.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 44 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  39. 39.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Back button is 36 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  40. 40.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: grey text on grey? (a) good design (b) poor design

Answer key

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

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