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App Dev Worksheet: Button Size and Contrast

App development lesson 12: Buttons: size and contrast · Set 415 · 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 pale pink on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  2. 2.🌗 Is black on yellow easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  3. 3.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) red on green (b) black on pale grey (c) white on dark green (d) black on yellow
  4. 4.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Back button: 68 px tall
    Help button: 40 px tall
    Next button: 68 px tall
    Done button: 68 px tall
    (a) Help (b) Back (c) Done (d) Next
  5. 5.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Next button: 68 px tall
    Back button: 36 px tall
    Help button: 52 px tall
    (a) Back (b) Next (c) Help
  6. 6.🌗 Is yellow on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  7. 7.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a clear word like Save? (a) good design (b) poor design
  8. 8.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a big, easy tap area? (a) poor design (b) good design
  9. 9.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Save button: 64 px tall
    Start button: 60 px tall
    Send button: 32 px tall
  10. 10.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: icons with no meaning? (a) poor design (b) good design
  11. 11.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Back button: 32 px tall
    Send button: 48 px tall
    Start button: 60 px tall
    Next button: 56 px tall
    (a) Send (b) Next (c) Back (d) Start
  12. 12.True or false: a clear word like Save is good button design. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🌗 Is light grey on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  14. 14.True or false: icons with no meaning is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) light grey on white (b) yellow on white (c) black on pale grey (d) dark blue on black
  16. 16.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Next button: 24 px tall
    Save button: 68 px tall
    Back button: 52 px tall
    (a) Next (b) Save (c) Back
  17. 17.True or false: strong colour contrast is good button design. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🌗 Is white on dark green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  19. 19.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Start button: 64 px tall
    Back button: 52 px tall
    Cancel button: 32 px tall
    Save button: 68 px tall
    (a) Start (b) Save (c) Cancel (d) Back
  20. 20.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Start button: 36 px tall
    Done button: 52 px tall
    Send button: 48 px tall
    Save button: 56 px tall
  21. 21.True or false: a big, easy tap area is good button design. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Start button: 72 px tall
    Help button: 52 px tall
    Save button: 24 px tall
    Done button: 48 px tall
    (a) Save (b) Done (c) Start (d) Help
  23. 23.🔘 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
    Done button: 44 px tall
  24. 24.True or false: icons with no meaning is good button design. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Save button: 44 px tall
    Back button: 52 px tall
    Done button: 52 px tall
    (a) Done (b) Save (c) Back
  26. 26.True or false: buttons almost touching is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Cancel button: 64 px tall
    Done button: 48 px tall
    Save button: 40 px tall
    (a) Cancel (b) Done (c) Save
  28. 28.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 40 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  29. 29.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Send button: 52 px tall
    Save button: 48 px tall
    Help button: 40 px tall
    Cancel button: 36 px tall
  30. 30.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Back button: 40 px tall
    Help button: 56 px tall
    Cancel button: 48 px tall
    (a) Help (b) Cancel (c) Back
  31. 31.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Next button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  32. 32.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) dark blue on black (b) white on black (c) yellow on white (d) red on green
  33. 33.True or false: a tiny 20 px button is good button design. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Next button: 72 px tall
    Done button: 40 px tall
    Cancel button: 48 px tall
    (a) Cancel (b) Done (c) Next
  36. 36.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Help button is 24 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  37. 37.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: strong colour contrast? (a) good design (b) poor design
  38. 38.🌗 Is dark blue on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  39. 39.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Save button: 68 px tall
    Back button: 48 px tall
    Done button: 36 px tall
    (a) Back (b) Done (c) Save
  40. 40.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a tiny 20 px button? (a) good design (b) poor design

Answer key

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

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