Gnome rules, used in Kicad: 8.3.2. Capitalization Two styles of capitalization are used in GNOME user interface elements: Header capitalization Capitalize all words in the element, with the following exceptions: Articles: a, an, the. Conjunctions: and, but, for, not, so, yet ... Prepositions of three or fewer letters: at, for, by, in, to ... Sentence capitalization Capitalize the first letter of the first word, and any other words normally capitalized in sentences, such as application names. The following table indicates the capitalization style to use for each type of user interface element. Table 8-3 Capitalization Style Guidelines for User Interface Elements Element Style Check box labels Sentence Command button labels Header Column heading labels Header Desktop background object labels Header Dialog messages Sentence Drop-down combination box labels Sentence Drop-down list box labels Sentence Field labels Sentence Filenames Sentence Graphic equivalent text: for example, Alt text on web pages Sentence Group box or frame labels Header Items in drop-down combination boxes, drop-down list boxes, and list boxes Sentence List box labels Sentence Menu items Header Menu items in applications Header Menu titles in applications Header Radio button labels Sentence Slider labels Sentence Spin box labels Sentence Tabbed section titles Header Text box labels Sentence Titlebar labels Header Toolbar button labels Header Tooltips Sentence Webpage titles and navigational elements Header