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I appreciated the Windows Phone 7/8 and early Win10 approach to compact icons which was/is: Just have a button next to the icons that expands them to show label
by contextfree 6y ago
I appreciated the Windows Phone 7/8 and early Win10 approach to compact icons which was/is: Just have a button next to the icons that expands them to show labels when you press it. Unfortunately later redesigns to Win10 apps seemed to drift away from these patterns towards just having unlabeled icons everywhere.
- phil294 6y agoSounds interesting, do you happen to have an image of this available? I was not able to find any more information about it
- contextfree 6y agoHere's a tour of the application bar control (which follows this pattern) from the Windows Phone 8 days: https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/1e050f/application-bar-in-windows-phone-8-application/ https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/1e050f/application-... Windows 10 introduced the navigation bar, which is essentially a vertical version of the Windows Phone application bar, just using a "three lines" icon as the "show labels" button instead of an ellipsis. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/design/controls-and-patterns/navigationview https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/design/controls... The start menu and inbox mail app use this control, for example.