<div dir="ltr">Am Fr., 21. Juni 2024 um 11:00 Uhr schrieb David Chmelik <<a href="mailto:dchmelik@gmail.com" target="_blank">dchmelik@gmail.com</a>>:<div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">[...]<br><br></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
A <a href="http://bugs.KDE.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">bugs.KDE.org</a> person mistakenly told me it's 'title case', but most <br>
aren't names/titles rather than generic (non-title) categories--as in my <br>
first paragraph's example--which aren't proper nouns.<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br></div><div>Some notes just because I researched the user interface capitalization standards for various platforms recently. Title case (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_case" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_case</a>) for many UI elements is very common and actually recommended in the style guides for various platforms. That's true for window titles, but also notably for button labels and menu items.</div><div><br></div><div></div><div>Here are a few key guidelines:<br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div><p><b>Microsoft style guides</b> recommend title case only for window titles, sentence case otherwise. See</p>
<p><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/uxguide/text-ui#capitalization" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/uxguide/text-ui#capitalization</a></p>
<blockquote><p><i>Use title-style capitalization for titles, sentence-style capitalization for all other UI elements. </i></p></blockquote>
<p>It's worth mentioning that the older style preferred title case for more UI elements, including buttons.<br></p><p><br></p><p>The <b>Apple human interface guidelines</b> leaves it to each app whether they want to use title or sentence case, but it should be done consistently. See:</p>
<p><a href="https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/writing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/writing#Best-practices</a></p>
<blockquote><p><i>Decide whether you want to use title case or sentence
case for alerts, page titles, headlines, button labels, and links.
Throughout the HIG, you’ll find guidelines for specific components, but
how you format your text is a reflection of your app’s voice. Title case
is more formal, while sentence case is more casual. Choose a style that
fits your app.</i></p></blockquote>
<p>They do recommend title case for menu items (but it is preferable to use single word items):</p>
<blockquote><p><i>Use title-style capitalization if you need to use more than one word in the menu title.</i></p></blockquote>
<p>and for buttons:</p>
<blockquote><p><i>Using title-style capitalization,
consider starting the label with a verb to help convey the button’s
action — for example, a button that lets people add items to their
shopping cart might use the label “Add to Cart.”</i></p></blockquote><p> </p><p>The <b>GNOME human interface guidelines</b> tend more towards using title case for most elements</p>
<blockquote><p><i>Header capitalization should be used for any headings,
including headings in header bars, tab titles, and view titles. It
should also be used for short control labels that do not normally form
proper sentences, such as button labels, switch labels and menu items.</i></p></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://developer.gnome.org/hig/guidelines/writing-style.html#capitalization" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://developer.gnome.org/hig/guidelines/writing-style.html#capitalization</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>The <b>KDE human interface guidelines</b> are in this regard similar to GNOME:</p><p><a href="https://develop.kde.org/hig/text_and_labels/#capitalization-and-punctuation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://develop.kde.org/hig/text_and_labels/#capitalization-and-punctuation</a></p></div></div><div><br></div><div><p><b>Android Material 3 guidelines</b> recommend sentence case:</p>
<p><a href="https://m3.material.io/foundations/content-design/style-guide/ux-writing-best-practices" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://m3.material.io/foundations/content-design/style-guide/ux-writing-best-practices</a></p></div><div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Philipp<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span>Philipp Wolfer</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>