Timeline for What are the four control state names?
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| Aug 12, 2013 at 10:45 | comment | added | user1306322 | Actually the "fourth" is the fourth in my list of states in the question. I'll edit the question to have numbers instead of bullets. | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 10:44 | history | edited | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 12, 2013 at 10:44 | comment | added | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | @KitP That's probably as good a term as any, and fairly intuitive. I'll edit and credit. | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 10:39 | comment | added | KitP | The 4th state you describe could be Focus(ed). As in the button or element has focus but is not being pressed or hovered over. | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 10:33 | comment | added | user1306322 | As you said, if mouse button is released outside the control, nothing happens. And user must be able to guess that releasing the button outside the control will produce a different result (no result actually). I'm talking about buttons here, other controls may not require such a state, though. | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 10:32 | comment | added | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | @user1306322 Such as? | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 10:31 | comment | added | user1306322 | The fourth state must definitely look differently than the third state, since they produce different results when the mouse button is released. | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 10:30 | history | answered | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |