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Gnome rules, used in Kicad:
8.3.2. Capitalization
Two styles of capitalization are used in GNOME user interface elements:
Header capitalization
Capitalize all words in the element, with the following exceptions:
Articles: a, an, the.
Conjunctions: and, but, for, not, so, yet ...
Prepositions of three or fewer letters: at, for, by, in, to ...
Sentence capitalization
Capitalize the first letter of the first word, and any other words normally capitalized in sentences,
such as application names.
The following table indicates the capitalization style to use for each type of user interface element.
Table 8-3 Capitalization Style Guidelines for User Interface Elements
Element Style
Check box labels Sentence
Command button labels Header
Column heading labels Header
Desktop background object labels Header
Dialog messages Sentence
Drop-down combination box labels Sentence
Drop-down list box labels Sentence
Field labels Sentence
Filenames Sentence
Graphic equivalent text:
for example, Alt text on web pages Sentence
Group box or frame labels Header
Items in drop-down combination boxes,
drop-down list boxes, and list boxes Sentence
List box labels Sentence
Menu items Header
Menu items in applications Header
Menu titles in applications Header
Radio button labels Sentence
Slider labels Sentence
Spin box labels Sentence
Tabbed section titles Header
Text box labels Sentence
Titlebar labels Header
Toolbar button labels Header
Tooltips Sentence
Webpage titles and navigational elements Header
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