A trivial UI guideline question - Is it ok to have MessageBox without caption ? I have a Winforms GUI with 3 confirmation boxes at different scenarios. Can anybody provide me some formal UI guidelines information on whether it is mandatory to have Captions on MessageBoxes ?
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There's certainly no rule against it, but you aren't helping the user out without a title. Even a simple title such as "Warning" or "Confirm" is helpful to the user.
The title should describe what the message is about, where as a message icon helps distinguish the type of message.
But you should try to keep MessageBoxes to a minimum. They are usually disruptive to the end user.
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