Re: What do you call the triangle-twist-open thingie?

[Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Also called an expandable or collapsible list:

http://jasalguero.com/ledld/development/web/expandable-list/

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> http://webdesignledger.com/best-practices-accordions-in-web-design
>
> It says that "The Accordion is a web control that allows you to provide
> multiple panes and display them one at a time. It is only one can be
> expanded at a time."
>
> I call them collapsible sections, and I call the controls collapsers, but
> I Am Not a Web Designer.
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 2:10 PM, John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com> 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.
>>
>> I call them "twist controls" but one of my SMEs says they are "accordion"
>> controls.
>>
>> What do my fellow tech whirlers refer to these as?
>>
>>
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