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Subject:Re: What do you call the Three Dots? From:Bridget Gordan <bridget -dot- gordan -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> Date:Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:04:30 -0600
I should have added that I always include the icon inline after the words. It was originally called the ellipsis button but users did not know what that meant.
Bridget
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> On Oct 16, 2017, at 12:00 PM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> wrote:
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> Interesting. We have the ellipsis, the more button, and the menu button.
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> We call it the menu button.
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> Bridget
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>> On Oct 16, 2017, at 11:48 AM, Al Geist <al -at- geistarts -dot- com> wrote:
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>> I think you need to separate the symbol from the function. The three
>> dots are called an "ellipsis" and they are often used to indicate
>> there is more if you click the button (hence the More button).
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>> If it has a tooltip, call it that. Otherwise, I'd use <b>...</b>. I
>> don't think many people know the name of the punctuation mark.
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>> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 8:26 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>
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>>> I used to call the three dots element the Ellipsis Button.
>>>
>>> However, I see other technical and UX writers are calling this
>>> element the
>> More Button.
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