CHAPTER 3
Controls
3-14 Close Boxes
Large Buttons 3
If a user needs to be able to tap some text buttons or picture buttons in your
application with a finger instead of a pen, you can use large buttons. If your
large buttons won’t fit at the bottom of a view, it’s OK to put them along one
side of the view. Put them only on one side, but be sure the user can choose
whether they appear on the right or left. A user’s left hand would block the
whole screen while tapping large buttons along the right edge of the screen,
so left-handed users need to be able to set an option that shifts large buttons
from the right side to the left side of the screen. If your application includes
large buttons and you want them to work when a user rotates the display
(with the Extras Drawer), your application needs to be able to adjust the
position of the large buttons for regular or sideways orientation of the display.
Close Boxes 3
The Close box and large Close box are both picture buttons that contain
the picture of a cross shaped like an ✕. Both buttons work in the same way.
Tapping a Close box or a large Close box closes the container view in which
the button appears.
The differences between the Close box and large Close box are purely
cosmetic. The large Close box is the same height as standard text and
picture buttons. The frame around the ✕ is not part of the large Close box’s
picture. The Close box is slightly smaller than the large Close box, and
its picture includes the frame around the ✕. Figure 3-14 compares the Close
box and the large Close box.
Figure 3-14 A Close box compared to a large Close box
Close box
Large Close box
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