RE: "Picklist"

["Andrew Warren" <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com>]

Chris Morton wrote:

> For documenting a UI? Never [use the word "picklist]! You can use
> the *Microsoft Style Guide for Technical Writers*, *Read Me First*
> (Sun), and just about any software manual or book to back you up.

Chris:

I wouldn't say "never".

It's certainly true that the OS manufacturers don't use that word to describe their controls... But just as you might write about a "work order" or "customer record" rather than a "dialog box", so can you describe a set of choices as a "picklist" or "pick list" if that's your industry's/company's name for the thing.  The fact that the picklist is implemented using Apple's list boxes or Microsoft's combo boxes or whatever is immaterial.

-Andrew

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