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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.

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