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> On 8 Dec 2015, at 22:01, Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:
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> I think the terms "twisties" and "twirly-things" are childish. "Rotating triangle" is an inaccurate description. In the CSS or jQuery that controls the action, the element is referred to as a collapsible header. From a UI view, you are looking at a bullet. So, logically, the icon for the collapsible bullet (the triangle but it can be any image, I used hearts on one website) should be called a "collapsible bullet." The term for the collapsible heading should be "collapsible heading."
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> Lauren
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> On 12/8/2015 11:10 AM, John G 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.
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>> I call them "twist controls" but one of my SMEs says they are "accordion"
>> controls.
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>> What do my fellow tech whirlers refer to these as?
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