What’s New in Guideline Version 1.120

Intro

This article provides an overview of the updates to the SAP Fiori web design guidelines with guideline version 1.120.

Look, Feel, and Wording

Topic	Update	Topic Link
Situation Handling Framework – UI Text Guidelines	Section on naming for templates and triggers updated.	Situation Handling Framework – UI Text Guidelines

Designing Intelligent Systems

Topic	Update	Topic Link
NEW Designing for Generative AI	Introduction to application design for generative AI, including: SAP’s generative AI strategy SAP’s approach to developing AI design guidelines	Designing for Generative AI
NEW Design Principles for Generative AI	Building on existing SAP guidelines, we’ve identified five design principles for generative AI. Each principle is translated into key features and behaviors we can build into our apps.	Design Principles for Generative AI
NEW Building Trust in Generative AI	Outlines the factors that influence user trust in AI-generated content and the steps we can take to build trust into our products.	Building Trust in Generative AI
NEW AI Design Glossary	Explains key AI terms in the following areas: Artificial intelligence Ethics and user-centered design Generative AI Machine learning (ML) Natural language processing (NLP)	AI Design Glossary
NEW Helpful Links on SAP AI	A curated collection of links to get you ramped up on AI design at SAP.	Helpful Links on SAP AI
NEW Get In Touch With Us	Share your feedback with SAP’s AI design team and join our SAP User Research Panel.	Get In Touch With Us

General Patterns

Topic	Update	Topic Link
Content Density (Cozy and Compact)	Guidelines added for hybrid devices.	Content Density – Guidelines
Export to Spreadsheet	The Export As dialog now contains select controls for the: Format of the file to export Destination for the export, when cloud is enabled on the customer’s instance For the cloud destination, the primary action label in the dialog is “Export To…” and opens a cloud file browser where users choose the target location for the exported file through a remote repository.	Export to Spreadsheet – Export As Dialog
Message Handling – Processing Multiple Items	After partial processing, when one or more items have been excluded from processing and one or more backend errors have occurred during processing, the summary message view dialog includes: Successfully processed items The backend error or errors An information message for each item excluded from the processing	Message Handling – Processing Multiple Items – Partial Processing

UI Elements – SAPUI5

Topic

Update

Topic Link

Input Field

Don’t use the “value help only” option. This can result in inconsistencies for screen reader users.

Input Field – Value Help

Message Toast

For accessibility purposes, the user can keep the message toast onscreen with the following keyboard shortcuts:

Ctrl + Shift + M (Windows)
Cmd + Shift + M (Mac OS)

Message Toast – Behavior and Interaction – Choreography

UI Elements – SAP Web Components

Interaction Design Foundations

Topic

Update

Topic Link

Value States NEW

Foundation guideline for all components (base concept).

Value States

Wrapping and Truncation NEW

Foundation guideline for all components.

Options for handling space constraints for text (wrapping, truncation, or a combination of both) and when to use them.
Options for displaying the full text when a text is truncated.

Wrapping and Truncation

Components

Topic	Update	Topic Link
Bar NEW	New web component guideline.	Bar (Web Component)
Breadcrumbs NEW	New web component guideline.	Breadcrumbs
Busy Indicator	Don’t display a busy indicator text if the busy indicator is used where space is limited.	Busy Indicator – Anatomy
Color Palette NEW	New web component guideline.	Color Palette
Color Palette Popover NEW	New web component guideline.	Color Palette Popover
Date Range Picker NEW	New web component guideline.	Date Range Picker
Icon NEW	New web component guideline.	Icon
Menu Button NEW	New web component guideline.	Menu Button
Rating Indicator NEW	New web component guideline.	Rating Indicator
Segmented Button	Added variants and behavior for selection modes: Single selection Multi selection Updated interaction design specification (version 1.1)	Segmented Button
Text Area NEW	New web component guideline.	Text Area
Toolbar NEW	New web component guideline.	Toolbar
Tree NEW	New web component guideline.	Tree

SAP Fiori Elements Framework

Topic	Update	Topic Link
Table Features	When the selection of multiple rows is enabled for a table in the list report and object page, the Select All checkbox is displayed by default in the selection column header for the responsive table. You can change the default.	Table Features (SAP Fiori Elements) – Clear All / Select All
Table Rows	With both versions of SAP Fiori elements, in object pages, in create and edit modes, the grid table and responsive table contain an empty row. Users now receive guidance in completing the required fields for an empty row, as follows: With SAP Fiori elements for OData V4, a red asterisk () is displayed in the column header label for the mandatory fields. Both SAP Fiori elements for OData V2 and V4 show an error message strip above the table: When the table does not display mandatory columns. It instructs users to display the columns from the table settings. When mandatory fields are not filled. In addition to the message strip for the table, the mandatory field displays a value state message. “Enter a value” is the the placeholder message text. Replace the text to better specify for the users the value to enter, for example, “Enter a delivery date.*” in the application’s `i18n` file, under the respective `entitySet` using the key format as shown here: With both versions of SAP Fiori elements, you can disable fields in the empty row so they are read-only at creation time and become editable afterwards for use cases where certain fields become relevant only after creation. With SAP Fiori elements for OData V2, a draft for a once empty row is saved after the users have shifted their focus away from the input field in the row and an interval of 20 seconds has passed with SAP Fiori elements for OData V2.	Table Rows (SAP Fiori Elements)
Table Toolbar	With both versions of SAP Fiori elements, when My Home in SAP S/4HANA Cloud is enabled, by default, the Add Card to Insights option is displayed in the overflow toolbar of list report tables with the single content and multiple view layouts. You can ask the application development team to turn the option off. With SAP Fiori elements for OData V4, in tables in the list report or object page, the copy action in the table toolbar applies to: Multiple rows for all tables including value help tables A range of selected cells for all tables except the responsive table Users can select a range of cells: With their mouse, by clicking and holding the mouse button while they select the cells With the key combinations.	Table Toolbar (SAP Fiori Elements)

Designer Toolkit

Topic	Update	Topic Link
Designer Toolkit	We’ve restructured/renamed the following topics in the Designer Toolkit section of the navigation menu: The menu node SAP Fiori Design Stencils was renamed to *UI Kit. The menu nodes for design stencils that are no longer being updated were removed (Sketch, Adobe XD, Axure RP). You can still access these older download files in previous guideline versions. The SAP Fiori Design Stencils Overview* article was renamed to *Download Fonts. It now contains only the download files for the Font 72 family and SAP icon fonts. The article Design Stencils for Figma* was renamed to *SAP S/4HANA Web UI Kit*. The introduction was updated to provide more context.	Download Fonts SAP S/4HANA Web UI Kit
Download Fonts	Font 72: The font files have been extended to include Cyrillic characters for Bulgarian. SAP icon font: Download files were updated to version 5.7 (Horizon theme) and 4.19 (Quartz theme).	Download Fonts
SAP S/4HANA Web UI Kit	New UI Kit version (02/2024)	SAP S/4HANA Web UI Kit

About Guideline Updates

With each new guideline version, we deliver two types of update:

Updates to reflect new or changed UI controls available with SAPUI5, or new/updated design guidelines for SAP web components.
Ongoing updates on how to best apply the SAP Fiori design (such as overarching concepts, floorplans, and additional decision support). These updates are introduced with a given guideline version, but are not necessarily dependent on a specific SAPUI5 version.

Note: Our policy is to update only the latest guideline version. If you are working with an earlier SAPUI5 release, also consider checking out the most recent guideline version to get the latest general guidance.