TermCraft conventionFoundational
State
What condition something is currently in.
Definition
The current condition of a component or system, which determines its appearance and behaviour.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
In plain language
What condition something is currently in.
Example
A button can be at rest, hovered, focused, pressed, disabled or loading, and each needs specifying.
Continue from here
Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Deeper reading
The full entry behind this definition.
- Empty StatesPattern
- Loading StatesPattern
- Visual StatesUI foundation
Nearby in the Atlas
Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.