Re: What do you call these little triangles?

Subject: Re: What do you call these little triangles?
From: Sharon Metzger <sharon -dot- metzger -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Mark Giffin <mgiffin -at- earthlink -dot- net>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 17:27:27 -0400

I agree â I have used variations of âClick the <arrow/triangle> to expandââ or âClick the <heading> to expand the <table/panel>ââ (as our UI has evolvedâ).

Sharon

> On Jul 31, 2019, at 5:23 PM, Mark Giffin <mgiffin -at- earthlink -dot- net> wrote:
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> I don't know that I have heard a consistent name for those little triangles, across the tech writing world. But I think that "expand/collapse arrows" would be clear to me. Ship it!
>
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> On 7/31/2019 1:47 PM, Wright, Lynne wrote:
>> 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
>> 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>
>> Subject: RE: What do you call these little triangles?
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>> Search Wikipedia for disclosure widget:
>> https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disclosure_widget&ved=2ahUKEwjU64OEg-DjAhXSMd8KHfvGAaQQFjAAegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw3n-2pmvmivN8Qzb5GAyhQy
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>>
>>
>> [DCA:d.a.d.]
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>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: "Wright, Lynne" <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- Kronos -dot- com<mailto:Lynne -dot- Wright -at- Kronos -dot- com>>
>> Date: 7/31/19 16:31 (GMT-05:00)
>> To: Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com<mailto:emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com>>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com<mailto:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>>
>> Subject: RE: What do you call these little triangles?
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>> Expand/collapse arrow?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: techwr-l-bounces+lynne -dot- wright=kronos -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com<mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lynne -dot- wright=kronos -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> <techwr-l-bounces+lynne -dot- wright=kronos -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com<mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lynne -dot- wright=kronos -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>> On Behalf Of Emoto
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>> Subject: What do you call these little triangles?
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>> Please see image here:
>> https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-5XhNH85/1/e8cae1e5/Th/i-5XhNH85-Th.jpg
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>> 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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RE: What do you call these little triangles?: From: Wright, Lynne
RE: What do you call these little triangles?: From: Wright, Lynne
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