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>There are two *direction buttons* on the page, that are similar to:
> [<<] and [>>] (hope this shows up right).
>
>What do I call these? Can I just call them direction buttons?
If they don't have onscreen names, it can't hurt to be descriptive in
your choices. I'd suggest calling them the "Move Left" and "Move Right"
buttons. As in:
"To select a store from the Available Stores list, click the name of the
store, then click Move Right (icon here)."