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Subject:Re: What is it called... From:Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net> To:Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 26 Jun 2020 10:00:04 -0700
Perhaps "truncated"? I presume you mean when the software component
automatically truncates a big bunch of text, and automatically adds an
ellipses, in order to fit the text into a given size box?
-Monique
On 6/26/20 9:38 AM, Emoto wrote:
>From a friend:
"What is the word when a number string or word is not fully displayed in a
software gui? That is, what is the word for when a string is partially
displayed only and the ending of it is not displayed?"
Thanks,
Bob
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