Description

The VerinTop is a consistent pattern across all Verint products, making them immediately recognizable. It frames the application with a header bar and an optional left-hand panel.

It allows the user to perform key actions including:

Main Structure

The VerinTop will include the following components:

  1. Product area (Verint logo and suite name)

  2. Application selector

  3. Navigation area (Top or Left). See each type for more info.

  4. Additional options (in Left Navigation mode only)

    1. Instances

    2. Additional information

  5. Search

  6. Notifications indicator

  7. Help center

  8. User profile, including:

Product area

Description

The Product area identifies the application as a Verint product.

Structure

The product area consists of:

Placement and positioning

The product area is in a fixed position in the top-left corner.

Interaction

Clicking the product area will open the Verint product suite site map, if exists.

Note: The product suite cannot be changed.

Application selector

Description

Allows the user to change the selected application within the suite.

Note: stand-alone products, which are not part of a suite, do not need to include the application selector.

Structure

The application selector consists of:

Placement and positioning

The application selector appears to the right of the product area, in the top-left corner.

Content

States

The application options should follow the List states.

Internal logic

Interaction

Main navigation

Types

There are two types of navigation menu. See their separate pages for more details.

Note: All products within a suite should use the same navigation type. Only external products, that are opened in a different tab, can have a different navigation type.

Type

Choose:

Image

Top Navigation mode

  • By default, if the menu options fit.

  • When there are only 1 or 2 levels in the menu hierarchy.

  • When there are 8 or fewer menu items at each level.

Left Navigation mode

  • When there are 3 or more levels in the menu hierarchy.

  • When there are more than 8 menu items at any level.

  • When the top bar area is needed to show Instances or Additional information.

Note: Left navigation cannot be used in conjunction with the Filter Pane.

Search

Description

Allows the user to search the suite hierarchy, including application names and menu items.

Structure

Example with all three sections:

Internal logic

Interactions

Notifications indicator

Description

A unified list of system notifications and alerts can be accessed from the header bar. Notifications can be generated by any product within the suite.

See Notifications for more information on the behavior of notifications.

Structure

The notification indicator consists of:

Placement and positioning

States

State

Image

Details

Regular

  • When there are unread notifications:

    • a blue notification badge appears to the top-right of the grey bell icon button.

    • a count of the unread notifications is shown in the badge.

Hover

Active

Interaction

Top Navigation mode

Internal logic

Help center

Description

Opens contextual online help pages and other resources such as product feedback.

Structure

Displayed as an icon button with no text.

Placement and positioning

Positioned to the left of the user profile.

Interaction

Clicking on the ? icon button opens a menu with all of the help center options.

User Profile

Description

The user profile shows the current user status and offers account-level options.

Structure

The user profile contains:

Content

Profile image

Current status (optional)

State

Description

Regular

Hover

Active

Default (no status)

  • Grey outline

Available

  • Green external circle

Not available

  • Red external circle, wider than the green version

Profile Menu

Note: The options in the profile menu should be the same for all products in a suite.

Interaction

System modes

Where the entire interface can be put into an alternative ‘special’ mode, the VerinTop may be used to indicate when it’s active. Relevant modes may include for demonstration, simulation (where changes are not applied to the live site), or impersonation (when acting as a different user).

Best practices

Use:

Don’t use:

Accessibility Compliance

Unless otherwise specified, see our general compliance information in Fundamentals - Accessibility.

Focus management

Skip Links

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Search

Keyboard

Search icon

Search field

Results menu

Tab

Navigates to the next focusable element

  • Empty - closes the search field and navigates to the next focusable element

  • Filled - navigates to the “X” icon button

N/A

Shift + Tab

Navigates to the previous component

Closes the search field and navigates to the previous component

N/A

Space

Opens the Search field

Adds a space in the search Text Field

  1. Selects the focused item,

  2. closes the menu and search field, and

  3. loads the destined page

Enter

Opens the Search field

N/A

  1. Selects the focused item,

  2. closes the menu and search field, and

  3. loads the destined page

Esc

N/A

  • Empty - closes the search field and returns it to the search icon

  • Filled - clears the search field and closes the results menu

  • Clears the search field

  • Closes the results menu

  • Returns the focus to the search field without applying any action

Arrows

N/A

  • Empty - N/A

  • Filled -

    • Down moves the focus from the search field to the first item in the results menu. (Not applicable if there are no search results).

    • Right/Left act as arrows in the search Text Field

  • Moves the focus down or up by one item

  • Clicking Up from the first item moves the focus back to the search field

  • Down stops at the last item in the list

Text input

N/A

Focus remains on field while text is added or removed

Focus returns to search field and the characters are entered, updating the results list accordingly

Responsive Design

Verint products should support all devices down to the common tablet size (960px width).

Design

Zeplin link

Screen thumbnail

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Code