Icons for buttons

Question

I want to know were can I find something that explain how to use icons for create a button and where they are (there is an image??)

Answer 1

Hi,

I think the following links might be helpful:

Guidelines and checklist for buttons (Metro style apps)

Guidelines and checklist for app bars (Metro style apps)

XAML AppBar Button Styles for Windows 8

By the way, there's a software for making button icons:

http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/metrostudio

Hope this information is helpful to you.

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Answer 2

What do you mean by using icons to create a button? Do you mean how to create a button with just an image on it or do you mean something else? Are you trying to set a specific image or is this a more general question? For most iconic images apps should use glyphs from the Segoe UI Symbol font.

Which language are you writing in so we can redirect your post to an appropriate forum?

--Rob

Answer 3

Hi,

if you're using XAML based designs you can have a look at Tim's blog post: http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2012/03/05/visualizing-appbar-command-styles-windows-8.aspx

At the bottom there is a link to 150 predefined AppBarButtonStyles based on the Segoe UI Symbol font. Maybe this helps.

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