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Re: What do you call the triangle-twist-open thingie?
Subject:Re: What do you call the triangle-twist-open thingie? From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 9 Dec 2015 11:00:55 -0800
"Progressive disclosure controls" is appropriate for developer
documentation, though it's a broader category that includes not just
"rotating triangles" but chevrons, arrows, and +/- controls.
Somebody spent some time in academia: "Progressive disclosure controls
have a fairly weak affordances, which means their visual properties
suggest how they are used, albeit weakly."
