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