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App Dev Worksheet: Button Size and Contrast

App development lesson 12: Buttons: size and contrast · Set 521 · 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.True or false: space between buttons is good button design. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🌗 Is pale pink on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  3. 3.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) yellow on white (b) white on black (c) light grey on white (d) red on green
  4. 4.True or false: a clear word like Save is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Back button: 24 px tall
    Cancel button: 52 px tall
    Done button: 64 px tall
    Next button: 48 px tall
    (a) Next (b) Back (c) Done (d) Cancel
  6. 6.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Start button: 56 px tall
    Back button: 44 px tall
    Help button: 64 px tall
    Next button: 32 px tall
  7. 7.True or false: space between buttons is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🌗 Is white on dark green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  9. 9.🌗 Is red on green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  10. 10.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a big, easy tap area? (a) good design (b) poor design
  11. 11.True or false: strong colour contrast is good button design. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: grey text on grey is good button design. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) yellow on white (b) black on yellow (c) dark blue on white (d) white on black
  14. 14.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Back button: 36 px tall
    Done button: 48 px tall
    Next button: 72 px tall
    (a) Next (b) Done (c) Back
  15. 15.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: grey text on grey? (a) good design (b) poor design
  16. 16.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  17. 17.🌗 Is dark blue on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  18. 18.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: space between buttons? (a) good design (b) poor design
  19. 19.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Next button: 36 px tall
    Send button: 36 px tall
    Cancel button: 32 px tall
    Done button: 60 px tall
  20. 20.🌗 Is black on pale grey easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  21. 21.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) dark blue on black (b) pale pink on white (c) light grey on white (d) black on pale grey
  22. 22.🌗 Is black on yellow easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  23. 23.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Next button: 52 px tall
    Send button: 32 px tall
    Help button: 56 px tall
    (a) Help (b) Send (c) Next
  24. 24.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Next button: 60 px tall
    Start button: 32 px tall
    Help button: 72 px tall
    Back button: 72 px tall
    (a) Start (b) Help (c) Next (d) Back
  25. 25.True or false: a big, easy tap area is good button design. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Back button: 68 px tall
    Help button: 28 px tall
    Next button: 68 px tall
    (a) Back (b) Next (c) Help
  27. 27.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on black (b) dark blue on white (c) light grey on white (d) black on yellow
  28. 28.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) red on green (b) black on pale grey (c) black on yellow (d) dark blue on white
  29. 29.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Next button: 60 px tall
    Back button: 72 px tall
    Help button: 44 px tall
    (a) Help (b) Back (c) Next
  30. 30.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Done button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  31. 31.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Done button is 28 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  32. 32.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Cancel button: 64 px tall
    Next button: 68 px tall
    Help button: 32 px tall
    (a) Help (b) Cancel (c) Next
  33. 33.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Next button: 36 px tall
    Cancel button: 52 px tall
    Done button: 60 px tall
  34. 34.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) red on green (b) light grey on white (c) pale pink on white (d) black on yellow
  35. 35.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on black (b) black on yellow (c) dark blue on black (d) dark blue on white
  36. 36.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Start button: 64 px tall
    Next button: 36 px tall
    Help button: 36 px tall
  37. 37.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Back button: 32 px tall
    Next button: 40 px tall
    Start button: 56 px tall
    Cancel button: 36 px tall
  38. 38.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Cancel button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  39. 39.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Done button: 52 px tall
    Start button: 64 px tall
    Help button: 44 px tall
  40. 40.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) light grey on white (b) red on green (c) white on dark green (d) dark blue on black

Answer key

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

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