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Make the usage of letter-casing consistent across Cutter's interface #2331

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ITAYC0HEN opened this issue Jul 25, 2020 · 5 comments · May be fixed by #3381
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Make the usage of letter-casing consistent across Cutter's interface #2331

ITAYC0HEN opened this issue Jul 25, 2020 · 5 comments · May be fixed by #3381
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ITAYC0HEN commented Jul 25, 2020 •
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Is your request related to a problem? Please describe.

The interface of Cutter is full of mixed types of titles that are not unified. Since we don't have guidelines for these, we need to create ones and make sure that the usage of letter-casing in titles is consistent throughout the interface.

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all capital (AC) - "RESET SETTINGS"
mixed case (MC) - "Export as code"
title case (TC) - "Save As..."

In the image, an example of an inconsistent menu:
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  1. Decide on a guidelines based on UX best-practices (and not personal taste of developers)
  2. Document the guidelines in the docs for developers
  3. Change all the menu items to fit to the chosen decision

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@ITAYC0HEN ITAYC0HEN added good first issue Easy issues for new comers. UI labels Jul 25, 2020
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karliss commented Jul 25, 2020 •
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Another potential reference for UI guidelines is to take a look at macOS, Windows, Gnome, KDE. Each of them should have their user interface guidelines.

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I consulted with UX experts and they all recommended to go for the "Sentence-style capitalization" for menu items as in Cutter.
Updated the issues with another reference that collects style guides of big companies and organizations (e.g Microsoft's)

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karliss commented Jul 26, 2020

Here are a few more

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And more

@ITAYC0HEN ITAYC0HEN added the HacktoberFest Any easy issue that is proper for Hacktober Fest contribution label Oct 2, 2020
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Hey, I intend to take care of this issue. Would sentence style capitalization be the way to go, or would one of the alternatives be better?

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Changed menu letter-casing to 'sentence-style' capitalization ArmanChowdhury449/cutter
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