apple-higApplies Apple's Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) to design, build, review, or adapt user interfaces for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, and CarPlay, in SwiftUI, UIKit, AppKit, or any other stack. Use for layout, navigation, tab bars, sidebars, toolbars, sheets, alerts, bu
apple-hig-chartsUse when designing, reviewing, or adapting a chart's marks, scales, annotations, selection, or accessible data representation.
apple-hig-image-viewsUse when choosing, reviewing, or adapting image display, fitting, overlays, animation frames, or image activation behavior.
apple-hig-text-viewsUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting multiline reading or editing surfaces, including selection, copying, text scaling, and input behavior.
apple-hig-web-viewsUse when choosing, reviewing, or adapting embedded web content and its in-app navigation boundary.
apple-hig-contentUse when designing charts, displaying images or rich text, or embedding web content in an Apple-platform app.
apple-hig-accessibilityUse when designing, reviewing, or adapting Apple-platform interfaces for text enlargement, sensory access, assistive input, motor access, cognitive needs, or accessibility preferences.
apple-hig-app-iconsUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting an app icon, its layered construction, platform mask, small-size identity, or appearance variants.
apple-hig-brandingUse when expressing a brand through an Apple-platform interface, or reviewing branded colors, typography, language, logos, and customized controls.
apple-hig-colorUse when choosing or reviewing Apple-platform color semantics, custom palettes, contrast, Liquid Glass tint, color profiles, or cross-appearance color behavior.
apple-hig-dark-modeUse when designing, reviewing, or adapting light and dark appearances, automatic appearance transitions, semantic surfaces, or mode-specific assets on supported Apple platforms.
apple-hig-iconsUse when choosing, creating, reviewing, or adapting interface glyphs or Mac document icons, including metaphors, template rendering, optical alignment, and localization.
apple-hig-imagesUse when preparing, reviewing, or adapting image assets for Apple displays, densities, color profiles, TV parallax, or spatial photos and scenes.
apple-hig-immersive-experiencesUse when choosing or reviewing visionOS immersion styles, passthrough, entry/exit transitions, movement boundaries, virtual hands, or environmental comfort.
apple-hig-inclusionUse when reviewing or designing inclusive language, forms, representation, cultural assumptions, or localization foundations in an Apple-platform product.
apple-hig-layoutUse when designing, reviewing, or adapting layout hierarchy, safe areas, size classes, resizable windows, enlarged text, or platform-specific spacing.
apple-hig-materialsUse when selecting or reviewing Liquid Glass, translucent surfaces, vibrancy, background blending, or material hierarchy on Apple platforms.
apple-hig-motionUse when designing, reviewing, or adapting interface motion, interruptibility, reduced-motion behavior, game movement, or spatial animation comfort.
apple-hig-privacyUse when designing or reviewing permission timing, purpose strings, pre-permission explanations, tracking requests, data minimization, or private platform inputs.
apple-hig-right-to-leftUse when adapting or reviewing Apple-platform layouts, text, numbers, controls, sequences, or custom symbols for Arabic, Hebrew, or mixed-direction content.
apple-hig-sf-symbolsUse when selecting or configuring SF Symbols, rendering modes, weights, variants, variable color, animations, custom symbols, or symbol availability.
apple-hig-spatial-layoutUse when designing or reviewing visionOS field of view, depth, scale, window/object placement, spatial target separation, or stationary interaction.
apple-hig-typographyUse when choosing, reviewing, or adapting Apple-platform text hierarchy, system/custom fonts, Dynamic Type, Bold Text, legibility, or spatial text.
apple-hig-writingUse when drafting or reviewing interface labels, instructions, empty states, errors, settings, or other product language for Apple-platform tasks.
apple-hig-foundationsUse when designing or reviewing Apple-platform visual hierarchy, accessibility, typography, color, Liquid Glass, layout, icons, imagery, motion, privacy, inclusion, localization, or spatial interfaces.
apple-hig-design-principlesUse when a product direction or Apple-platform interaction needs decisions among purpose, agency, responsibility, familiarity, flexibility, simplicity, craft, and delight.
apple-hig-designing-for-gamesUse when designing, reviewing, or porting a game across Apple platforms, including first play, display adaptation, input alternatives, and inclusive gameplay.
apple-hig-designing-for-iosUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting an iPhone experience for handheld touch, interrupted use, orientation changes, and system entrypoints.
apple-hig-designing-for-ipadosUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting an iPad experience for resizable multitasking, a larger canvas, mixed input, or prolonged creative work.
apple-hig-designing-for-iphone-duoUse when an iPhone Duo interface must preserve tasks while folding, opening, changing pose, encountering reserved regions, or using vertical controls.
apple-hig-designing-for-macosUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting a Mac experience for multiple windows, menu commands, keyboard workflows, precise selection, or desktop file work.
apple-hig-designing-for-tvosUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting an Apple TV experience for across-room viewing, remote focus navigation, shared viewers, or television discovery.
apple-hig-designing-for-visionosUse when designing, reviewing, or adapting an experience for Apple Vision Pro, including spatial presentation, Shared Space, Full Space, eye and hand interaction, or comfort.
apple-hig-designing-for-watchosUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting an Apple Watch experience for brief glances, focused actions, complications, wrist-down states, and independence from iPhone.
apple-hig-getting-startedUse when starting or adapting an Apple-platform app or game, choosing platform conventions, evaluating core design principles, or designing for iPhone Duo display poses.
apple-hig-action-buttonUse when designing or reviewing an Action button function or App Shortcut on supported iPhone or Apple Watch models.
apple-hig-apple-pencil-and-scribbleUse when designing or reviewing iPad Pencil drawing, hover, double tap, squeeze, barrel roll, Scribble, or mixed handwriting and control interaction.
apple-hig-camera-controlUse when designing or reviewing iPhone Camera Control overlay functions, slider or picker choices, capture-mode availability, or locked capture entry.
apple-hig-digital-crownUse when designing or reviewing Watch Crown navigation or adjustment, touch equivalents, detents, or the system-owned Vision Pro Crown behavior.
apple-hig-eyesUse when designing or reviewing visionOS eye-targeted controls, system hover effects, target separation, comfortable gaze shifts, or gaze privacy assumptions.
apple-hig-focus-and-selectionUse when designing or reviewing keyboard, remote, or controller focus navigation, persistent selection, directional reachability, or disappearing focused items.
apple-hig-game-controlsUse when designing, reviewing, or porting game touch controls, physical-controller mappings, active-device glyphs, keyboard bindings, or input alternatives.
apple-hig-gesturesUse when designing, reviewing, or adapting touch, indirect hand, direct spatial, trackpad, or Watch gestures and their discoverable alternatives.
apple-hig-gyro-and-accelerometerUse when designing or reviewing motion-sensor input, fitness sensing, tilt gameplay, purpose explanations, or alternatives to gyroscope and accelerometer control.
apple-hig-keyboardsUse when designing or reviewing physical-keyboard navigation, Full Keyboard Access, standard or custom shortcuts, modifier behavior, and shortcut discoverability.
apple-hig-nearby-interactionsUse when designing or reviewing compatible-device proximity tasks with Nearby Interaction, including distance/direction feedback, permission, degraded sensing, and alternatives.
apple-hig-pointing-devicesUse when designing or reviewing mouse and trackpad selection, pointer effects, hover-revealed controls, cursor roles, hit regions, or mixed pointer/touch/eye input.
apple-hig-remotesUse when designing or reviewing tvOS Siri Remote navigation, deliberate activation, playback/scrubbing, Back behavior, or compatible program-guide buttons.
apple-hig-inputsUse when designing or reviewing Apple-platform touch, eye, pointer, keyboard, controller, remote, Pencil, Crown, Action button, Camera Control, motion-sensor, or nearby interactions.
apple-hig-boxesUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting bordered groups of related controls or information.
apple-hig-collectionsUse when designing, reviewing, or adapting visual grids or rows of selectable and editable items.
apple-hig-column-viewsUse when choosing, reviewing, or adapting a macOS multi-column hierarchy browser.
apple-hig-disclosure-controlsUse when designing, reviewing, or adapting progressive disclosure, expansion labels, and collapsed or expanded state.
apple-hig-labelsUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting short uneditable text and its relationship to nearby controls.
apple-hig-lists-and-tablesUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting text rows, multicolumn comparisons, selection, sorting, and row editing.
apple-hig-lockupsUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting tvOS focusable cards, caption buttons, monograms, or posters.
apple-hig-outline-viewsUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting a macOS hierarchy table with disclosure, attributes, sorting, and retained expansion.
apple-hig-split-viewsUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting coordinated navigation, detail, or supporting panes across window sizes.
apple-hig-tab-viewsUse when choosing, reviewing, or adapting mutually exclusive related content panes within a shared view.
apple-hig-layout-and-organizationUse when choosing or reviewing Apple-platform boxes, collections, lists, tables, outlines, columns, split panes, labels, lockups, or tabbed content.
apple-hig-activity-viewsUse when designing, reviewing, or adapting system sharing, custom activities, and share or action extensions.
apple-hig-buttonsUse when designing, reviewing, or adapting action buttons, including their labels, roles, emphasis, hit regions, and platform behavior.
apple-hig-context-menusUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting item-specific context menus, previews, grouping, and alternate command access.
apple-hig-dock-menusUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting macOS Dock icon commands for background, windowless, or recent-item workflows.
apple-hig-edit-menusUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting selected-content editing commands and system edit-menu behavior.
apple-hig-home-screen-quick-actionsUse when designing, reviewing, or adapting iOS and iPadOS app-icon shortcuts and their dynamic destinations.
apple-hig-menusUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting menu command labels, availability, grouping, submenus, and toggled options.
apple-hig-ornamentsUse when designing, reviewing, or adapting persistent visionOS tools attached to a window edge.
apple-hig-pop-up-buttonsUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting compact single-choice menus that display a selected option.
apple-hig-pull-down-buttonsUse when designing, reviewing, or adapting buttons that reveal related commands or secondary actions.
apple-hig-the-menu-barUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting Mac or iPad menu-bar command structure, standard menus, keyboard routes, and extras.
apple-hig-toolbarsUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting toolbar actions, navigation, titles, grouping, overflow, and restoration.
apple-hig-menus-and-actionsUse when designing Apple-platform commands, buttons, toolbars, menus, sharing activities, Home Screen shortcuts, or visionOS ornaments.
apple-hig-path-controlsUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting a macOS filesystem path display or editable path selector.
apple-hig-search-fieldsUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting search entry placement, scope, suggestions, clearing, and token or category refinement.
apple-hig-sidebarsUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting leading app navigation, sidebar hierarchy, tab conversion, and hide or restore behavior.
apple-hig-tab-barsUse when creating, reviewing, or adapting top-level destination tabs, retained section state, labels, badges, and sidebar conversion.
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