Grayed out
Words or sentences can be Greyed out (or grayed out (American English)) in digital or printed texts to indicate less importance, relevance, or priority, or a change of status such as something being disabled or inaccessible.
A greyed out graphical control element is one that is displayed greyer than the element. For a dark element, a light shade of grey (or lighter color) is used, to indicate that it is currently disabled, and cannot be operated nor selected by the user. For a light element, a dark shade of grey (or darker color) is used. Other terms are dimmed or subdued.[1]
This convention is widely used in graphical user interfaces, to visually indicate which actions cannot be taken in the current situation. The approach makes it possible to disable a control when it cannot be used, and give a clear signal of that state, while maintaining the graphical control element in a consistent location, thereby minimizing confusion for the user. A graphical control element may also be shown greyed out in its enabled state, indicating that the user cannot disable it.[2]
References
- ↑ Galitz (2002), pp. 278,484.
- ↑ Galitz (2002), pp. 33–34,278,326,414–415,419,428–429,438,453–455,464–465,484–485,664–665.
Sources
- Human-Computer Interface Design Archived 2013-08-02 at the Wayback Machine at University of Saskatchewan
- Usability Analysis of the Palm Beach Ballot Controversy, Paul Resnick, Associate Professor, University of Michigan School of Information
- Galitz, Wilbert O. (2002). The Essential Guide to User Interface Design (2 ed.). Wiley Computer Publishing. ISBN 0-471-084646. Search this book on
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