Label pushbuttons clearly Usability Guideline

Description

Ensure that a pushbutton’s label clearly indicates its action.

Help

Make sure the button has a value attribute indicating the action the pushbutton causes (e.g. Search, Cancel, etc.)

Applicable standards

• Usability.gov 13:2

Note: The guidelines.usability.gov website has been down since July 2020, although www.usability.gov is still operating and the PDF version of the guidelines is still available.

Change history

• 1.0 Feb 2007 Added.

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Rule ID: UseGov13.2