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Feedback & status · UI / UX
18 terms
- alert dialog
A pop-up box that interrupts the user with an important message they must acknowledge before continuing, such as a warning or a critical error.
- badge
A small marker, often a colored dot or a number, attached to an icon or menu item to signal new activity or an unread count.
- banner
A wide message strip stretched across the top of a page or section to share important information, like a system outage or a cookie notice, until it is dismissed.
- coach mark
A short pop-up hint layered over the interface to point out a feature or explain how to use it, usually shown the first time someone visits a screen.
- confirmation dialog
A pop-up box that asks the user to confirm before doing something important or hard to undo, like deleting a file, usually with 'Confirm' and 'Cancel' choices.
- empty state
What a screen shows when there is nothing to display yet, such as an empty inbox or a new list, usually with a friendly message and a suggested next step.
- error state
How a screen or field looks when something has gone wrong, using color, icons, or text to flag the problem and, ideally, explain how to fix it.
- loading indicator
Any visual cue that tells the user the app is working and content is on its way, so the screen doesn't just appear frozen.
- notification
A message that tells the user about something new or important, whether it appears inside the app, in a notification center, or pushed to their device.
- notification center
A single place, often opened from a bell icon, that collects the user's notifications so they can review anything they missed.
- progress bar
A horizontal bar that fills up to show how much of a task is done and how much is left, such as a file upload or download.
- progress steps
A row of labeled stages showing where the user is in a multi-step process, like checkout, and which steps are done, current, and still ahead.
- skeleton screen
A gray placeholder version of a page shown while the real content loads, hinting at where text and images will appear so the wait feels shorter.
- snackbar
A brief message that appears at the bottom of the screen to confirm an action, sometimes with a single quick option like 'Undo'. It goes away after a moment.
- status indicator
A small visual signal, often a colored dot or pill, that shows the current condition of something, such as whether a user is online or a server is up.
- toast
A small message that pops up briefly, usually near the edge of the screen, to confirm something happened, then fades away on its own without the user having to close it.
- toast queue
The way an app lines up multiple pop-up messages so they appear one after another instead of piling on top of each other.
- tooltip
A small pop-up label that appears when you hover over or focus on something, giving a short hint about what it does.