Aero Taskforce

Sloppy alignment of label text on AutoPlay menus

Submitted by jvd897 on November 14, 2008 to Aesthetics, Icons

Problem: The AutoPlay menu's header includes the label of the object/drive, beside its icon (even if it's just a generic system icon like for a blank CD). However, the label text is aligned to the top of the icon space, which looks sort of clunky.

In mock-up: note in particular the flash drive icon, which only takes up the middle of the icon space and thus makes the label text look even more out of place.

This is also a bit of a consistency issue -- open up My Computer, and take a look at how the label text is aligned for DVD drives and removable drives.

Solution: My suggestion is that the middle of the text be aligned to the middle of the icon, which looks more polished and intentional. See my mock-up for an example.

I can't imagine that fixing this would be difficult at all. I mean, even MS's own Visual Studio form designer has an automatic "snap to" feature that takes care of alignment problems in a jiffy.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

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