Re: What do you call these little triangles?

[Sharon Metzger <sharon -dot- metzger -at- gmail -dot- com>]

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:
> 
> 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!
> 
> 
> 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.
>> 
>> 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?
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> [DCA:d.a.d.]
>> 
>> -------- 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?
>> 
>> 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
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 4:22 PM
>> To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com<mailto:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>>
>> Subject: What do you call these little triangles?
>> 
>> Please see image here:
>> https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-5XhNH85/1/e8cae1e5/Th/i-5XhNH85-Th.jpg
>> 
>> 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
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Visit TechWhirl for the latest on content technology, content strategy and content development | https://techwhirl.com
>> 
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> 
>> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as Lynne -dot- Wright -at- kronos -dot- com<mailto:Lynne -dot- Wright -at- kronos -dot- com>.
>> 
>> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
>> techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com<mailto:techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>> 
>> 
>> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com<mailto:admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com>. Visit http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and info.
>> 
>> Looking for articles on Technical Communications?  Head over to our online magazine at http://techwhirl.com
>> 
>> Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions?  Search our public email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives
>> 
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Visit TechWhirl for the latest on content technology, content strategy and content development | https://techwhirl.com
>> 
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> 
>> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as david -at- davidartman -dot- com<mailto:david -at- davidartman -dot- com>.
>> 
>> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
>> techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com<mailto:techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>> 
>> 
>> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com<mailto:admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com>. Visit
>> http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and info.
>> 
>> Looking for articles on Technical Communications?  Head over to our online magazine at http://techwhirl.com
>> 
>> Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions?  Search our public email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Visit TechWhirl for the latest on content technology, content strategy and content development | https://techwhirl.com
>> 
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> 
>> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as mgiffin -at- earthlink -dot- net <mailto:mgiffin -at- earthlink -dot- net>.
>> 
>> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
>> techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com <mailto:techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>> 
>> 
>> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com <mailto:admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com>. Visit
>> http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ <http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/> for more resources and info.
>> 
>> Looking for articles on Technical Communications?  Head over to our online magazine at http://techwhirl.com <http://techwhirl.com/>
>> 
>> Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions?  Search our public email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives <http://techwr-l.com/archives>
> 
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Visit TechWhirl for the latest on content technology, content strategy and content development | https://techwhirl.com <https://techwhirl.com/>
> 
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as sharon -dot- metzger -at- gmail -dot- com -dot- 
> 
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> 
> 
> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
> http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and info.
> 
> Looking for articles on Technical Communications?  Head over to our online magazine at http://techwhirl.com
> 
> Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions?  Search our public email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Visit TechWhirl for the latest on content technology, content strategy and content development | https://techwhirl.com

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com


Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and info.

Looking for articles on Technical Communications?  Head over to our online magazine at http://techwhirl.com

Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions?  Search our public email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives