Designing the Graphical User Interface › Guidelines for Window and Dialog Box Design › Special Actions for Menu Items and Push Buttons › Execution Control Actions

Execution Control Actions

The special action options are:

• OK—Use this action to execute the users option on the window or dialog box and then close the window or dialog box.

  You will typically use this special action on a push button, but it can also be assigned to a menu item.

• Cancel—Use this action to simply cancel the user option on the window or dialog box and close the window.

  You will typically use this special action on a push button, but it can also be assigned to a menu item.

An example of the use of this special action is for a dialog box asking the user “Are you sure you want to delete this object?” (You will want to give the user the option to cancel the pending delete.)