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.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: space between buttons? (a) good design (b) poor design
- 2.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Start button is 24 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
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3.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Cancel button: 68 px tall
Help button: 72 px tall
Start button: 36 px tall (a) Cancel (b) Start (c) Help -
4.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Back button: 72 px tall
Done button: 64 px tall
Send button: 40 px tall
Save button: 64 px tall (a) Send (b) Save (c) Back (d) Done - 5.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Next button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 6.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) dark blue on black (b) white on dark green (c) pale pink on white (d) red on green
- 7.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: strong colour contrast? (a) good design (b) poor design
- 8.🌗 Is dark blue on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
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9.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Save button: 52 px tall
Cancel button: 52 px tall
Back button: 64 px tall
Next button: 44 px tall - 10.True or false: strong colour contrast is good button design. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Done button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 12.True or false: a big, easy tap area is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Start button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 14.🌗 Is light grey on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 15.True or false: grey text on grey is good button design. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: icons with no meaning is good button design. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a clear word like Save? (a) poor design (b) good design
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18.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Cancel button: 44 px tall
Done button: 52 px tall
Start button: 64 px tall
Help button: 72 px tall (a) Start (b) Help (c) Done (d) Cancel - 19.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 28 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 20.🌗 Is pale pink on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
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21.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Done button: 48 px tall
Help button: 40 px tall
Next button: 64 px tall (a) Help (b) Next (c) Done - 22.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) yellow on white (b) dark blue on black (c) light grey on white (d) black on yellow
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23.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Send button: 32 px tall
Back button: 48 px tall
Start button: 60 px tall - 24.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) light grey on white (b) pale pink on white (c) dark blue on white (d) red on green
- 25.🌗 Is black on yellow easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
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26.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Cancel button: 56 px tall
Back button: 64 px tall
Send button: 52 px tall
Start button: 52 px tall - 27.🌗 Is white on dark green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
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28.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Cancel button: 52 px tall
Done button: 40 px tall
Send button: 32 px tall -
29.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Cancel button: 64 px tall
Help button: 64 px tall
Send button: 36 px tall (a) Send (b) Cancel (c) Help - 30.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a big, easy tap area? (a) poor design (b) good design
- 31.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on dark green (b) dark blue on white (c) light grey on white (d) black on pale grey
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32.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
Save button: 48 px tall
Start button: 44 px tall
Done button: 60 px tall
Help button: 68 px tall (a) Save (b) Help (c) Start (d) Done -
33.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Start button: 52 px tall
Next button: 40 px tall
Cancel button: 52 px tall
Send button: 32 px tall - 34.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Send button is 40 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
- 35.True or false: a tiny 20 px button is good button design. (a) False (b) True
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36.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Save button: 44 px tall
Back button: 32 px tall
Next button: 40 px tall - 37.True or false: buttons almost touching is good button design. (a) False (b) True
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38.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
Done button: 60 px tall
Cancel button: 44 px tall
Start button: 52 px tall
Help button: 36 px tall - 39.True or false: space between buttons is good button design. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: a tiny 20 px button is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- good design
- 24
- Start
- Send
- 16
- white on dark green
- good design
- easy to read
- 3
- True
- 28
- False
- 16
- hard to read
- False
- False
- good design
- Cancel
- 20
- hard to read
- Help
- black on yellow
- 2
- dark blue on white
- easy to read
- 4
- easy to read
- 1
- Send
- good design
- light grey on white
- Start
- 2
- 8
- False
- 0
- False
- 2
- True
- True
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