@jochenwolters@mastodon.social
Post #1453591
2026-02-20 21:49 UTC
I've also seen a #UX/#IxD pattern in simple Cancel/Confirm dialogs, in which the Confirm action is destructive.
In those dialogs, the Cancel button is the primary CTA with the associated visual appearance. And it responds to both ESCAPE and RETURN keys, so you can't confirm the destructive action by inadvertently hitting RETURN.
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@jochenwolters@mastodon.social 2026-02-20 21:51
One more detail: I've seen plenty of Cancel/Confirm dialog boxes for destructive actions in which the buttons' locations are reversed. That is extremely dangerous, because if the (destructive) Confirm button is now in the Cancel location, a user trusting their motor memory to instinctively hit the Cancel _location_ will actually trigger the Confirm _action_. Yup, #IxD (i.e., #InteractionDesign) is pretty straight-forward once you understand the thinking behind it. But it is never trivial.