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These action pairs inform the user what exactly will be done should he choose to select a particular action. If the user moves the mouse over one of member the members of an action pair, it is visually emphasized and takes over most of the line to reveal more details on the action it will run - it provides an invitation on hover.
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As an In this example, if a user selects a page and moves the mouse over the "copy" action, it . It gets highlighted and will read "copy this page". The "paste" button is hidden as the "copy" action has taken over most of the line. If the user however moves the mouse to the right to where the "paste" action used to be, the "paste" button eventually will appear again reading "paste copied pages", assuming that the user has previously copied a set of pages. If the user moves the mouse away from the "copy" button instead and onto a different row with actions altogether, both buttons become visible again.
The ability to show more details is a valuable preview of what will be done and required to build trust into these functionsfunction*. Only if you know what you're e.g. going to undo will you be ready to actually undo it.
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Please note that this behavior does not replace the action preview on right mouse click and tap-and-hold as described on the pages on the clipboard and undo/redo, but presents an additional invitation provided by the Action Rack. |
Collapsing the Actions Rack
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