Improve clarity of template selection dialog
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Inkscape |
New
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Wishlist
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Bug Description
When using the "New from Template..." dialog present in 0.92, the default action may not be immediately obvious to the user.
The two action buttons at the bottom of the screen there are "More info" and "Create from template." Neither is highlighted (in focus), and thus visually, both are on nearly-equal footing.
From a usability standpoint, it would be very helpful if the focus of the dialog box were on "Create from template", which is the default option executed by hitting return/enter. Making this change would clearly indicate that this is the default selection. It would save a moment of user time versus reading and evaluating both buttons.
Since the dialog box is already chosen from and titled "New from template", it might also be helpful to change the text of the button from "Create from template" to "Create" or perhaps much better to "Continue".
To go one step further in improving usability, I would suggest that it might be helpful to float the template text description (e.g., "Empty page of chosen size") and "More info" button directly below the options for that template, rather than anchoring them to the bottom of the dialog box. Alternatively, one might add a visual separator (such as a horizontal rule) below the "More info" button.
Summary of these suggestions to improve UI clarity in the "New from Template..." dialog:
1. Add UI highlight/focus to "Create from template" action button.
2. Change UI text on button from "Create from template" to "Continue" (or possibly, "Create").
3. Add visual separation between "More info" and "Create from template" buttons with spacing or a horizontal rule.
tags: | added: templates |
Changed in inkscape: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |