UI text style guidelines

Guidelines for creating consistent and effective UI text to enhance user experience and align with product design.

The purpose of user interface (UI) text is to help users achieve their goals by guiding them through the product interface. The act of unifying UI text with product design is known as content design. Content design plays an integral role in creating a seamless user experience. Use the internal Magnetic Design System to drive design decisions for Splunk product UIs.

Much of the guidance for Splunk documentation and UI text overlaps. If you can't find the guidance you're looking for in the UI text style guidelines or the Magnetic Design System, use the guidance provided in other sections of the Splunk Style Guide and reach out to the Content Design team.

Review these pages for specific guidance for UI text:

• Terminology and word usage in the UI

• Capitalization in the UI

• Terminal punctuation in the UI
• Formatting text in the UI

• Possessive pronouns in the UI

• Numbers in the UI

• Symbols in the UI

• Links in the UI

• Field components

• Field labels
• Help text
• Tooltips

• Placeholder text

• Button labels

• Empty state text

• Confirmation dialog box text

• Success messages

• Error and warning messages