# Google Doc Editor Changes Highlight Controls from One Click to Two

DevFeed: [Google Doc Editor Changes Highlight Controls from One Click to Two](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/1-click-vs-2-clicks-design-30283.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.mdubakov.com/posts/1-click-vs-2-clicks/>)

Published: 2013-08-26T15:41:57Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Blog by Michael Dubakov](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-by-michael-dubakov.md>)

Topics: [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

Tags: [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>)

## AI overview

The author argues that Google Doc Editor's previous separate highlight-text and highlight-background buttons were easier to use despite confusing icons. After Google combined them into one button requiring two clicks, the author considers the editor slightly worse.

## Source excerpt

I was always confused by two buttons in Google Doc editor: highlight text and highlight background. I constantly made the same mistake again and again clicking on the wrong button. I used this feature several years, but still did wrong clicks... This year they changed icons and I finally learned them! The second icon is very good, it clearly shows that background color is here. First icon was unchanged (almost) and it is still wrong. So I learned the second icon finally and rarely click to the wrong one. However, recently Google changed that and combined both actions into a single button. Am I happy? Hell no! Initial design was good, just with wrong icons. It was a 1-click design. New design is a 2-click design and I don't like this change. Interestingly, I never hit wrong icon in MS Word. Maybe it they have good icons? Pages also has a clear solution: While I think Google Doc Editor is the best online editor, it got slightly worse this week.