Re: What do you call these little triangles?

[Geoff Mann <geoff -dot- mann -at- uxwordsense -dot- com>]

Not sure the context in which you need the name, but...

The icons themselves are frequently called arrows despite the lack of stem.
As for regions of hidden/visible content, they're called accordions in the
UX design world and expandos in tech comm, but both term are a bit jargony
for end users. As another person mentioned, the tooltip name might be more
appropriate, but only if it's clearly named (and they frequently aren't).

Depending on your style guide and the context in which you need to
reference them, you can usually avoid referencing such icons if you
reference the UI labels instead, such as "click X > Y > Z." (See: Microsoft
Style Guide > Writing step-by-step instructions
<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/procedures-instructions/writing-step-by-step-instructions>
and Describing interactions with the UI
<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/procedures-instructions/describing-interactions-with-ui>
)

Hope that helps.

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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
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