GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 620764
Decide if checkboxes should not have negating labels
Last modified: 2020-12-04 18:20:21 UTC
Could the section 6.8. Check Boxes benefit from more strict guidelines on negating labels I.e. discouraging labels that effectively says "Check here to make this object invisible". A more wise implication would be "Check here to make this object visible" whether it's a desirable action or not. For a quick example, not saying they're wrong though, Gedit has a checkbox setting labelled "Do not split words over two lines". To avoid any confusion, a better label would be "Allow words to be split over two lines" obviously with the effect having been inverted.
Agreed, I thought we actually added something to that effect at some point. We're not going to update the 2.x HIG any more now, but tagging it for the 3.x HIG.
Agree with this. Fixed: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-devel-docs/commit/?id=9ca187cd235f26b288390d6c0a0ba716fd52a74b