Progress Indicator

One or more controls that inform the user about the status of a process. If a progress indicator appears in a dedicated window, information normally presented in an information message can be displayed in that window.

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When To Use

When a wait pointer has been displayed for more than five seconds, display a progress indicator in addition to the wait pointer.

Guidelines

	Place a progress indicator in the same window as the process is requested from to reduce the number of windows the user must interact with.
	Close a progress-indicator window when a request made by a user completes normally.
	If information that would have been displayed in an information message is displayed in the progress-indicator window, do not close the window until the user explicitly requests to close it, such as by selecting the Close push button.
	When a progress indicator is displayed, continually update the progress indicator to accurately represent the known progress of a request made by a user.
	Provide a push button that allows a user to end the process and close the window. For example, provide a push button labeled Stop to allow a user to end the process and close the window.
	Provide a push button that allows a user to close the progress-indicator window without affecting the process. For example, provide a push button labeled Close to allow a user to close the progress indicator window without affecting the process. Do not use a Close push button to end a process.
	Provide a push button that allows a user to suspend a process and provide a push button that allows a user to resume the process that has been suspended. For example, provide one push button labeled Pause and another labeled Resume. Display unavailable-state emphasis on one or the other depending on whether the process is running or has been suspended.
	Provide access to help information from each progress-indicator window. For example, provide a push button labeled Help.
	Include the name of the object followed by a hyphen, the name of the process, and the word "Progress" in the title bar when a separate window is used to display the progress indicator.

Essential Related Topics

Action Message
Information Message
Message
Pointer (Predefined)
Push Button (Predefined)
Warning Message

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