Titles

The title depends on the dialog type.

  • Decision. If you are asking the user to decide or confirm an action, write the title as a question.
  • Information. If the dialog is informational or educational with no decision required, then the title can be a statement.

Avoid using ‘Are you sure?’ as a dialog title because it’s vague. Ask the user the question you really want them to answer using the specific action.

If you were asking a user to confirm sending a payment, for example, you could ask in one of these ways:

  • Send this payment?
  • Send payment now?
  • Ready to send?

If you just said “Are you sure?” the user might not know what you’re really asking and just click away resulting in higher errors.