# Dialogs and buttons

> Discover guidelines for writing dialogs and button labels to ensure clear and actionable instructions. This section helps you create effective prompts and calls to action that enhance user interaction.

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## Clear title and button options

- Concise and descriptive dialog title: Add user

- Option buttons should describe what will happen and relate to the dialog title: Cancel, Add

- Forms: When asking for user input using a dialog and there is no clear action verb in the title, provide Cancel and Save as buttons

- One button only reflects one action

- Users should be able to understand the choices based on the title and button text alone

- Only use ‘OK’ as an option if you cannot find an appropriate verb

  
    Title: Add user  / Buttons: Cancel, Add
    Title: Delete file  / Buttons: Cancel, Delete
    Title: Edit details  / Buttons: Cancel, Save
  

  
    Title: Add user  / Buttons: Cancel, OK
    Title: Are you sure  / Buttons: Cancel, Delete
    Title: Edit details  / Buttons: Cancel, Edit
  

## Primary and secondary actions

- Primary on the right, secondary left (Cancel, OK) not (OK, Cancel)

- Primary actions can either be positive (Send, Save) or negative (Delete)

  
    Cancel, Save
  

  
    Save, Cancel