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Use to refer to a smaller section or area that is part of the application window. Generally, a pane or view is adjacent to other UIUIUI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. elements and regions, and cannot be hidden, whereas a window is separate and can be hidden.
OK to use in developer documentation and for a technical audience. Avoid using in user documentation and for a general audience; instead, use clear, delete, or remove.
Not parent – child or parent—child. Don’t use as a synonym for a primary/subordinate relationship.
Use opening parenthesis or closing parenthesis for an individual parenthesis. Don’t use open parenthesis, close parenthesis, beginning parenthesis, ending parenthesis, left parenthesis, or right parenthesis. It’s OK to use parenthesis by itself if it doesn’t matter or it’s clear which parenthesis is being discussed.
OK to use. Avoid using pathname or path name if possible.
Use address or URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org, not path, to refer to a location on the internet.
In general, use path of, not path to, to refer to the location of a file.
Don’t use please in standard contexts such as procedures, instructions, or tutorials.
Use please only when the user is asked to do something inconvenient, the application or site is to blame for the situation, or when there is an issue with the product.
Example
Recommended: If the issue persists, please contact your administrator.
OK to use the verb forms port and port to in developer documentation and for a technical audience in the context of portability. Avoid using in user documentation and for a general audience.
Use port as a noun to refer to a location for passing data in and out of a computer or device. Don’t use connector to refer to a port.
For the noun form of port in the context of computer networking, use listen on, not listen to.
In general, don’t hyphenate words beginning with post- such as postdate and postgraduate, unless post- is followed by a proper noun or it is absolutely necessary to avoid confusion.
In general, don’t hyphenate words beginning with pre- such as preexisting and preinstalled, unless pre- is followed by a proper noun or it is absolutely necessary to avoid confusion.
Use only to describe a signal, which might or might not be a message, that an app or the operating system is waiting for the user to take some action. In general, restrict the use of prompt as a noun to the command prompt.
Use as a verb to refer to the act of requesting information or an action from the user.
OK to use in developer documentation and for a technical audience. Avoid using in user documentation and for a general audience; instead, use clear, delete, or remove.
