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Subject:Re: RE. Have you seen this GUI element [...]? From:"Sharon Burton-Hardin" <sharonburton -at- earthlink -dot- net> To:"Hart, Geoff" <Geoff-H -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:00:23 -0800
I have seen this when real estate is at a premium. Both in other apps and in
MS apps. I show a picture of it when I tell people to click it to complete
the whatever information.
sharon
Sharon Burton-Hardin
President of the Inland Empire chapter of the STC
www.iestc.org
Anthrobytes Consulting
909-369-8590
www.anthrobytes.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Hart, Geoff <Geoff-H -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Cc: <Peterson_Karen -at- prc -dot- com>
Sent: Friday, 25 February, 2000 5:29 AM
Subject: RE. Have you seen this GUI element [...]?
| Karen Peterson wonders <<My co-worker recently designed an interface with
a
| control that I am not familiar with, but I don't think he made it up. He
has
| what looks like a drop-down box, but instead of an arrow, the button at
the
| right has an
| ellipsis. When you click the ellipsis, another window appears, allowing
you
| to select multiple values for the box.>>
|
