[kde-guidelines] Styleguide: Control labels

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On Friday 10 January 2014 16:56:37 Heiko Tietze wrote:
> On Friday 10 January 2014, 16:11:29 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> > On Thursday 09 January 2014 13:40:50 Heiko Tietze wrote:
> > [snip]
> > 
> > > * Use positive phrasing. Don't phrase a label so that selecting means
> > > not
> > > to perform an action.
> > 
> > I don't really understand this one. Could you give an example? Why would a
> > checkbox or radio button man to perform or not to perform an action?
> 
> BAD: [x] Do not use feature XY
> GOOD: [ ] Use feature XY
> Such a negation would be hard to understand, of course.

Okay, that's sort of what I'd have guessed, but the sentence didn't convey 
that to me. Suggestion:
"Do not use negations in labels. Example:
BAD: [x] Do not use feature XY
GOOD: [ ] Use feature XY"

> 
> > > * Use the group label to explain the purpose of the group, not how to
> > > make
> > > the selection. End each label with a colon.
> > 
> > Why should group box labels end with a colon?
> 
> Right. That should be "Do not use ending colon."
> (However, I'd be fine with both if used consistently.)

I'd stick with "no punctuation" like everywhere else.