Re: What do you call the triangle-twist-open thingie?

[Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>]

http://webdesignledger.com/best-practices-accordions-in-web-design

It says that "The Accordion is a web control that allows you to provide
multiple panes and display them one at a time. It is only one can be
expanded at a time."

I call them collapsible sections, and I call the controls collapsers, but I
Am Not a Web Designer.

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 2:10 PM, John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com> wrote:

> Many web sites these days use a triangle-shaped icon ... click it, and it
> rotates 90 degrees to display something (text, links, etc.) that was
> previously hidden.
>
> I call them "twist controls" but one of my SMEs says they are "accordion"
> controls.
>
> What do my fellow tech whirlers refer to these as?
>
>
>
> JG
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