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How many words should be in a text panel?

A text panel must be either under 60 words or over 95 words. This avoids an awkward display where a scroll arrow appears for very little extra content.

By Pawan Nayar · from the LLOS AI Learning record

The rule

A text panel must be either under 60 words or over 95 words.

This avoids an awkward display where a scroll arrow appears for very little extra content.

A text panel should have fewer than 60 words. Or, a text panel should have more than 95 words. This rule prevents a 'dead zone' of 60-95 words. In the dead zone, a scroll arrow shows, but there is not much to scroll. This makes the panel look broken. Short panels work best with 30-55 words. Long panels work best with 100-150 words.

A designer creates a panel with 70 words. The panel shows a scroll-down arrow. But there are only two extra lines of text. The user scrolls down, and the arrow quickly changes to scroll-up. This feels like a mistake. The designer should make the panel shorter, under 60 words, or longer, over 95 words.

Words you'll need

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Human-Computer Interaction

How people and computers communicate and work together

Information Architecture

How information is organized and labeled so people find it

Information Retrieval

Finding the right information when you ask for it

Natural Language Processing

AI understanding and generating human language

Questions people ask

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How many words should a content panel contain?

A content panel should be very short or long. It should not be a medium length.

How many words should be in a text panel?

A text panel must have fewer than 60 words. Or, a text panel must have more than 95 words.

How should a new design's layout be created or changed?

A new design must use the exact layout of an existing successful design. The existing design has been tested for many hours.

How should text color be chosen for dark backgrounds?

When a background is dark, all text should be white. This includes main text and smaller labels.

What to remember

A text panel must be either under 60 words or over 95 words. This avoids an awkward display where a scroll arrow appears for very little extra content.