OSF/Motif Style Guide
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OSF/Motif Style Guide

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Table of Contents

Audience
Applicability
Purpose
Document Usage
Related Documents
Typographic and Keying Conventions
Compliance Conventions
Style Guide Support Level Process

1. User Interface Design Principles

Adopt the User's Perspective
Give the User Control
Use Real-World Metaphors
Keep Interfaces Natural
Keep Interfaces Consistent
Communicate Application Actions to the User
Avoid Common Design Pitfalls

2. Input Models

The Keyboard Focus Model
The Input Device Model

3. Navigation

Mouse-Based Navigation
Keyboard-Based Navigation
Menu Traversal
Scrollable Component Navigation

4. Selection

Selection Models
Selection Actions
Transfer Models

5. Component Activation

Basic Activation
Accelerators
Mnemonics
TearOff Activation
Help Activation
Default Activation
Expert Activation
Previewing and Autorepeat
Cancel Activation

6. Application Design Principles

Choosing Components
Layout
Interaction
Component Design

7. Window Manager Design Principles

Configurability
Window Support
Window Decorations
Window Navigation
Icons

8. Designing for International Markets

Internationalized Text Input
Collating Sequences
Country-Specific Data Formats
Icons, Symbols, and Pointer Shapes
Scanning Direction
Designing Modularized Software
Translating Screen Text

9. Controls, Groups, and Models Reference Pages

A. OSF/Motif Widgets and Components Correspondence

B. OSF/Motif Level One Certification Checklist

Preface
Input Models
Navigation
Selection
Component Activation
Application Design Principles
Controls, Groups, and Models

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