Girish Ramakrishnan
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This documents the convention used for the text in the UI.
Title Case
All words are capitalized.
In title case, articles (a/an/the) ,conjunctions (and/but/or/...) and prepositions (on/at/...) inside a phrase are not capitalized.
Everything else is capitalized - noun, pronoun, verb, adverb.
Examples:
- "Sign In to Your Account"
- "Terms and Conditions"
- "Getting Started with GraphQL"
- "Between You and Me"
Sentence case
Only first word is capitalized.
Convention
| Element | Recommended Style | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Headings | Title Case | Manage Account |
| Sub heading | Title Case | Create Admin Account |
| Form Labels | Title Case | Email Address |
| Buttons | Sentence Case | Save changes |
| Radio Buttons | Sentence Case | Option one / Option two |
| Menu action | Sentence Case | Select all |
| Switches | Sentence Case | Allow users to edit email |
| Descriptions | Sentence case | Enter your password to continue. |
| Tooltips | Sentence case | Click to edit. |
| Error Messages | Sentence case | Password is too short |
| Notifications | Sentence case | Settings saved successfully. |
| Legend (graph) | Sentence case | Docker volume, Box data. |
Hints in brackets are small case. Like "(comma separated)".
Full stops
Sentence fragments like form hints and tooltips (which are always visible) do not need a full stop. All other full sentences do.
description has a full stop unless it's a hint/phrase.
Checkbox labels do not have a full stop at the end