CHAPTER 4
Pickers
4-2 List Pickers
List Pickers 4
As its name suggests, a list picker presents users with a list of items from
which to choose. This section describes the following aspects of list pickers:
■what list pickers can contain
■how the items can be organized
■where list pickers can pop up
■how people use list pickers

Elements of List Pickers 4

A list picker includes words or icons (bitmap pictures) that name picker items.
The list may contain marks next to picker items, and separator lines (which
are not pickable) between groups of items. Additionally, some of the items
can be disabled (not pickable). Figure 4-1 points out features of list pickers.
Figure 4-1 The parts of list pickers
Picker label
C
heck marks
c
urrently picked
v
alue, state, or
a
ttribute
Words as picker
items
S
eparator line
I
cons with words
a
s picker items
(
no check mark
w
ith icons or
c
ommand items) Picker button
Separator line
No check mark when more than one picker item
applies (here the selected text contains two sizes)