Words to describe a user interface element behavior

A user interface element has verbs used to describe its behavior.

The behavior refers to a programming logic created for the user interface element.

There is a common naming convention to describe user interface behavior.

Please review the table below to see the commonly used verbs to describe user interface behavior.

As the user, software test engineer, and software developer, you could come up with a different set of words.

Most of the above verbs/words are self-explanatory.

There are several words below that need to be explained:

Default refers to an initial or starting value when a program works the first time.

The term “Default” mostly applies to parameter value, user input value, to default location window, screen control settings, and position on a screen.

Format refers to user element format: the font used, font size, and color.

Input Validation refers to allowed input values.

For example, for a text field, the user is allowed to enter only text using English characters.

For numeric input, the user is allowed to enter a % value between 0 and 1 or 0 to 100%.

For username or password, a program only allows certain characters up to a maximum length.