ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 11581-5 First edition 2004-05-15 Information technology User system interfaces and symbols Icon symbols and functions - Part 5: Tool icons TechnologiesdeI'information-Interfacespoursysteme utilisateuret symboles-Symboles etfonctionsd'icones Partie5:Iconesd'outils Reference number ISO/IEC 11581-5:2004(E) E( ISO/IEC2004 ISO/IEC11581-5:2004(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The ISO Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. @ISO/IEC2004 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either Iso at the address below or ISO copyright office Case postale 56: CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland !! @ISO/IEC2004-Allrightsreserved ISO/IEC11581-5:2004(E) Contents Page Foreword Introduction 1 Scope. 2 Conformance 3 Normativereferences 4 Terms and definitions. 5 Conceptual construction oftools. 6 Tool requirements and recommendations 6.1 Requirements 6.1.1 Arrangement. 6.1.2 Selection 6.1.3 Feedback 6.1.4 Sensitive region and hot spot. 6.1.5 Orientation... 6.2 Recommendations 6.2.1 Metaphor 6.2.2 Typeface 6.2.3 Colour 6.2.4 Feedback 7 Iconspecifications. 7.1 Creation tools 7.1.1 Text creation... 7.1.2 Line and shape creation 7.1.3 Areacreation. 7.2 Manipulation tools .... 7.2.1 Area selection. 7.2.2 Object manipulation. 19 7.2.3 Overviewcontrol ISO/IEC11581-5:2004(E) Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical activity. IsO and IEC technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other international organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with IsO and IEC, also take part in the work. In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2 The main task of the joint technical committee is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the joint technical committee are circulated to national bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. ISO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO/IEC11581-5 wasprepared by JointTechnical CommitteeISO/ECJTC1,Information technology, SubcommitteeSc35, Userinterfaces. IsO/lEc 11581 consists of the following parts,under the general title Information technology—User system interfacesandsymbolsIconsymbolsandfunctions: Part1:Icons-General Part 2: Object icons Part 3:Pointer icons Part5:Toolicons Part 6:Action icons ISO/IEC11581-5:2004(E) Introduction Tools are the subset of the interactive icons that modify graphical or text elements of an application by INTERNATIONALSTANDARD ISO/IEC11581-5:2004(E) Information technology U