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