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According to Apple HIG plain confirmations did not require an ellipsis: "Don’t use an ellipsis character if the command displays an alert box to warn the user
by Mikhail_Edoshin 7y ago
According to Apple HIG plain confirmations did not require an ellipsis:
"Don’t use an ellipsis character if the command displays an alert box to warn the user of a potentially dangerous action, especially if the command displays an alert box only sometimes. In this case you are simply giving the user an
opportunity to cancel a potentially dangerous action (such as causing a loss of data), not asking for more information."
- Kwpolska 7y agoModern Finder has this: Empty Trash… [shift][cmd][del] but when you hold the Option key, this changes to: Empty Trash [opt][shift][cmd][del]
- Stratoscope 7y agoOops, thank you for the correction! So the ellipsis is only when the user must actually enter or select some information, not if it's just a simple confirmation. The Windows 95 guidelines seem a bit less clear about this, but I think they follow the same idea.