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>
> ...active, BUT...
>
> What if one button has three states?
>
> Greyed out if X = 0
> "colored in" if X = 1
> Clickable if X < 1
>
> And no, I've never seen anything like it and I don't think I can
convince
> them to change it.
> -----
> Rebecca
>
The terminology I've always used is:
Grayed out = "Inactive"
Lit up (colored in) = "Fully Active"
Dimmed = "Partially Active"
The only application I can remember seeing something like this is when
installing Windows 98 (had to do it many times as a software trainer
some years ago). When customizing installations and settings, there are
three states for each category of features: "Fully Active" -- all
possible options in the category are turned on, shown by full
illumination; "Inactive" -- no possible options are turned on, shown by
complete gray-out; "Partially Active" -- some options turned on and some
turned off, shown by partial illumination.
I can't lay my hands on my MS Style Guide at the moment (read I'm too
lazy to hunt down whomever borrowed it last) so I can't be certain if
these are the precise terms I would have to use at this company.
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