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Ultra-detailed interpretation of button design

What kind of design guidelines or design strategies should be followed in button design? Let's take a look at the author's summary in this article.
Ultra-detailed interpretation of button design

1. Button size design specification

1. Mobile

Ultra-detailed interpretation of button design

2. Web

Ultra-detailed interpretation of button design

👆 The above are basically the most commonly used button sizes at present~

In the actual interface design, what size button pinch should I choose?

[Large size] login button, the main submission button at the end, such as settlement, completion, enterprise official website CTA button [medium size] the most commonly used size, I don't know which size to choose, it is right [small size] common words in some widgets, small cards, such as bubble windows.

2. The difference between "link" and "button".

1. Link link

Links serve as navigation, and generally a new web page is opened after clicking, and the style of the link is generally in plain text.

Ultra-detailed interpretation of button design

2. 按钮 button

The button is used to initiate an action, and when clicked, the corresponding business is triggered.

Many of the buttons are now in plain text style, almost identical to links. So in order to make a distinction, when hover or click the plain text button, a light background color block will appear behind it.

Ultra-detailed interpretation of button design

3. How to arrange the position of the buttons?

The placement of buttons on the page follows two main principles: Jacob Nelson's F-mode layout.

1. F-Mode Layout – Jacob Nelson

Jacob Nielsen proposed this F-model based on the results of eye tracking research.

Ultra-detailed interpretation of button design

The order of eye browsing is generally from left to right and then top to bottom

2. Z-mode layout – Gutenberg

Gutenberg diagramm argues that the way people read should follow a certain Xi, from left to right, from top to bottom. Starting in the upper left corner, it goes through a series of back and forth movements, and finally scans to the end zone in the lower right corner.

Ultra-detailed interpretation of button design

This explains why many interfaces put the final [Settlement], [Confirm], and [Submit] buttons on the far right.

Ultra-detailed interpretation of button design

Fourth, the position of the button in the B-side page

According to the above two principles, we can derive the general principle of button placement in the B-side form interface.

Ultra-detailed interpretation of button design

PS: The general rules are only for reference, not rules and constraints, how to actually place them in the interface, or think about the placement according to the specific use scenario~

5. Types of buttons and usage scenarios

Ultra-detailed interpretation of button design

Sixth, the order of the buttons - according to the dialogue Xi

Ultra-detailed interpretation of button design

7. The difference between the two drop-down buttons

Ultra-detailed interpretation of button design

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