provide an affordance for navigation

verb phrase

  1. To include a feature or design element that helps users move through or interact with a website, app, building, or other system.

    C1

    transitive; design and user-experience terminologyformal

    • "The menu provides an affordance for navigation."B1
    • "Clear headings provide an affordance for navigation through the report."B2
    • "The app's buttons provide affordances for navigation, making it easy to find features."B2
    • "The persistent sidebar provides an affordance for navigation by making the information architecture visible at every stage of the user journey."C1

Common mistakes

  • provide affordance for navigation→provide an affordance for navigation

    In this expression, affordance is normally used as a countable noun with the article an.

Collocations

provide an affordancenavigation affordancevisual affordanceuser interfaceuser interface affordanceinformation architecture

Word family

affordaffordancenavigablenavigationprovide