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Subject:Re: Windows Explorer et al. navigation From:"Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Wed, 24 Sep 1997 09:09:10 -0700
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>From: Geoff Lane[SMTP:geoff -at- GJCTECH -dot- FORCE9 -dot- NET]
>In List view, Windows Explorer and others have [+] or [-] to the left of
>some icons. You use these to expand and contract 'directory' subtrees etc.
>Can anyone tell me what these are called?
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From the Windows NT 4.0 Help:
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To see the hierarchy of folders on a disk drive
1 Click the Start button.
2 Point to Programs, and then click Windows NT Explorer.
3 Click a folder on the left side of the window to display its contents
on the right.
Click the plus signs (+) to display more folders.
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So I guess the other one is called the minus signs (-) ...
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