Re: What do you call the Three Dots?

Subject: Re: What do you call the Three Dots?
From: Bridget Gordan <bridget -dot- gordan -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: al -at- geistarts -dot- com
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 11:56:01 -0600

We call it the menu button.

Bridget
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> On Oct 16, 2017, at 11:48 AM, Al Geist <al -at- geistarts -dot- com> wrote:
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> I think you need to separate the symbol from the function. The three dots
> are called an "ellipsis" and they are often used to indicate there is more
> if you click the button (hence the More button).
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> If it has a tooltip, call it that. Otherwise, I'd use <b>...</b>. I don't
> think many people know the name of the punctuation mark.
>
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 8:26 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>
> wrote:
>> I used to call the three dots element the Ellipsis Button.
>>
>> However, I see other technical and UX writers are calling this element the
> More Button.
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What do you call the Three Dots?: From: Cardimon, Craig
Re: What do you call the Three Dots?: From: Robert Lauriston
RE: What do you call the Three Dots?: From: Al Geist

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