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For the standard menu bar menus, I say "pull-down" or "pull-down menu."
However, for all other "pop-up-type" menus, which appear as fields on dialog
boxes, I say "drop-list."
I am interested in comments on this practice.
Thanks,
Karen M.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jowen2 -at- csc -dot- com [SMTP:jowen2 -at- csc -dot- com]
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 12:30 PM
> To: Metzger_Karen -at- prc -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Pull-down menu
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> Our software calls out the word "pulldown".
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> May not be correct, but that's the way it is for now.
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> Joy
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> Metzger_Karen -at- PRC -dot- COM on 07/26/99 11:28:21 AM
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> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> cc: (bcc: Joy Owen/FSG/CSC)
> Subject: Re: Pull-down menu
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> Really? I have opted for the more concise term "drop-list" in lieu of
> "drop-down menu" or "pop-up menu" in my technical documentation. Is there
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> reason why I should not be doing this?
> Karen M.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bev Lockhart [SMTP:bl -at- SEATTLELAB -dot- COM]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 3:45 PM
> > To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> > Subject: Pull-down menu
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> > Well, first of all don't refer to it as a "pull-down menu." It's a
> > "drop-down list" or "drop-down box," whichever is clearer.
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> > At 03:20 PM 7/21/99 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Lindsey Durway wrote:
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> > >> By the way, how do yall express operations in pull-down
> menus?
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> > Bev Lockhart
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