Question

On the iPhone, there is a standard convention for editing lists. You have the list, above that there is the Edit button and the + button. You click on the Edit button and the list changes slightly notifying the user of change of status.

Does Windows Phone 7 have some type of a standard convention for editing lists? It seems every app implements their own.

Answer 1

There are UI design guidelines published and maintained by Microsoft for Windows Phone development:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=220811

I’m not sure it will mention “standards” per se. However, the Phone’s built in applications (Hotmail, People, etc), all tend towards a common way and a podcast from Metro designers on Silverlight TV advised to behave similarly to the provided apps.

What I’ve tended to notice is:

• Add button above the list or on the app bar.
• Edit button inside the item itself on the app bar.
• Delete button on the app bar with checkboxes (Hotmail), or delete by holding down to get a context menu.