Do you use an ellipsis (...) to indicate an action requiring more user input?
Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 1 year ago. See history
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In menus (including context menus) or buttons, there are generally two types of actions:
1. ones that carry out an action without any further user intervention upon clicking;
2. and those that require further user input before the action is carried out
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Microsoft applications use this technique to indicate whether or not the action will be carried out without any further user intervention. Your application should also follow this well-established standard, so users will not be caught off guard when an action carried out immediately after they click the menu item.
✅ Figure: Good Example - Options menu in Outlook, with ellipsis
✅ Figure: Good Example - Ellipsis on buttons that require further input
✅ Figure: Good Example - Different ways of using the elipsis
✅ Figure: Good Example - Elipsis being used on a button requiring user input
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