Stop Misusing Icon Cues on Menus

Communicate menu affordances with clarity and consistency

Designers use icon cues to communicate interface affordances to users. There are two affordances all menus have. The disclosure affordance discloses the menu to display a view. The closure affordance closes the menu to hide a view. 

Using the right icon cues are important, but designers are using the wrong ones. This mistake has created an inconsistent a…