< KDE Visual Design Group | HIG Revision as of 12:20, 30 March 2016 (view source)Ochurlaud (talk | contribs)m (2 revisions imported)← Older edit Latest revision as of 17:16, 5 February 2019 (view source) Ilya b (talk | contribs) (Move notice) Line 1: Line 1: __NOTOC__ __NOTOC__ −== Purpose ==+{{Note|This page is now on [[https://hig.kde.org/patterns/content/help.html https://hig.kde.org/]]}} −The ''help system'' should be used as a secondary mechanism to support users’ complete and better understanding of tasks — the primary mechanism should be the user interface itself. Users consult the help system only if they can't accomplish a task with the UI. − −== Examples == − −== Guidelines == −Try to make Help unnecessary in the first place: −* Make common tasks easy to discover and perform. −* Provide clear main instructions as well as concise control labels that are goal- and task-oriented. −* Provide supplemental instructions and explanations where needed. −* Avoid problems by using controls constrained to valid choices, providing suitable default values, handling all input formats, and preventing errors. −* Write error messages that provide a clear solution or action for the user to take. −* Usually, the help system is activated by F1 respectively Ctrl+F1 for context sensitive information and via menu. − −== Implementation == −* http://www.kde.org/support/ Latest revision as of 17:16, 5 February 2019 Note This page is now on [https://hig.kde.org/] This page was last edited on 5 February 2019, at 17:16. Content is available under Creative Commons License SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted.