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Subject:RE: What do you call these little triangles? From:David Artman <David -at- DavidArtman -dot- com> To:"Wright, Lynne" <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- Kronos -dot- com>, Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 31 Jul 2019 18:55:22 -0400
Fair enough. I didn't assume the questioner wanted folksonomy.For task steps, I'd use an inline graphic.For reference icon definitions, I'd show the icon and use the formal term. Educate! :-)David[DCA:d.a.d.]
-------- Original message --------From: "Wright, Lynne" <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- Kronos -dot- com> Date: 7/31/19 16:47 (GMT-05:00) To: David Artman <David -at- DavidArtman -dot- com>, Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Subject: RE: What do you call these little triangles?
âdisclosure widgetâ is a programming term tho: I wouldnât use, because the average person would have no idea what its referring to. Ie âClick the disclosure widgetâ would leave users lost; whereas âclick the expand/collapse arrowâ is pretty
easy to figure out.
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From: David Artman <David -at- DavidArtman -dot- com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 4:45 PM
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Subject: RE: What do you call these little triangles?
Subject: RE: What do you call these little triangles?
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Expand/collapse arrow?
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Subject: What do you call these little triangles?
When you click the little triangle, it expands or contracts the group.
There is one expanded one and below it are four that have not been expanded.
So, do these little triangles have a name?
Thanks,
Bob
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