Icons in the Application Toolbar (SAP Library - BC

Icons in the Application Toolbar

If an icon is available for a function, you should include it in the application toolbar either with or without text label.

Functions with icons in the application toolbar in the primary window

Icons without textual label

The following functions use icons without a textual label:

Execute, Find, Replace, Copy, Delete, Sort, Total
On detail screens: Previous entry (item, record), Next entry (item, record)
With screen sequences: Previous <object component; screen>, Next <object component; screen> (see below) (Icon without textual label)
With reports or hierarchies: Expand, Collapse
With editing objects: Other <object>, Create, Change, Display, Display <-> Change, if located in the application toolbar.

EXECUTE_OBJECT	Execute	TOTAL_LEFT	First item/position
REPLACE_ OBJECT	Replace	COLUMN_LEFT	Previous item/Position
COPY_OBJECT	Copy	COLUMN_ RIGHT	Next item/position
DELETE	Delete	TOTAL_RIGHT	Last item/position
SORT_UP	Sort (up)	SORT_DOWN	Sort (down)
SEARCH	Find	SEARCH_NEXT	Find next
SUM	Total	OTHER_ OBJECT	Other object
PREVIOUS_ OBJECT	Previous object component, Previous object	NEXT_OBJECT	Next object component, Next object
COMPARE	Compare	FILTER	Filter
RENAME	Rename	TRANSPORT	Tranport
EXPORT	Export, Download	IMPORT	Import, Upload

Icons for application toolbar functions

NEXT_VALUE

Previous item, next value

PREVIOUS_
VALUE

Next item, Previous value

Icons used in dialog boxes with reference to list items (spin button icons)

	EXPAND	Expand		COLLAPSE	Collapse
	NEXT_ HIER_LEVEL	Next hierarchy level		PREVIOUS_ HIER_LEVL	Previous hierarchy level

Icons for functions on hierarchies

Icons with Textual Label

If there is enough room, you can include icons with a textual label for special functions such as Refresh, Convert, Skip, or Retrieve. You should add text to the icon, when the icon only classifies the class and a description is required to understand the full meaning of the function.

REFRESH	Refresh	HEADER	Header data, Basic data
SKIP	Skip	OVERVIEW	Overview data
CONVERT	Convert	SELECT_ DETAIL	Choose (detail)
RETRIEVE	Retrieve	LIST	List

Icons for application toolbar functions that are usually accompanied by a text label

Check if the pushbutton can be positioned next to the object in the work area. In the application toolbar include icons for appplication-wide functions.

Sequence

Follow the following convention:

Principle 1: Position application-wide functions at the left in the application toolbar.

Principle 2: Icons without text label should always appear to the left of icons or pushbuttons with text labels as long as this is not in conflict with Principle 1.

Position the icons for the functions Previous <object component> (if available) and Next <object component> (if available) always at the beginning of the application toolbar. An aesthetically pleasing overall impression decides if the icons should have a text label or not.