Hi :) Drop-down list is the usual form known out there but it is quite generic. People outside of LibreOffice do shorten it to "drop-down" fairly often but "drop-down list" is probably better for formal documentation, especially since it is already more widely used.
"Selection list", "selection menu" & "combo box" tend to be slightly more specific and are trying to make it sound more posh and high-class. All these terms are less likely to be understood and "combo-box" is definitely tooo geeky for most people. However, they are legitimate as specific types of drop-downs so please lets not change them just to be consistent because that will probably detract from the perceived quality of our documentation. I will try to get back to the documentation i edited yesterday to make "drop-down"s into "drop-down list"s. Thanks for the feedback, thoughts and stats Many regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: Barbara Duprey <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 16 January, 2011 19:31:15 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Another grep - Drop-down On 1/16/2011 12:05 PM, Sophie Gautier wrote: > Hi Barbara, > > On 16/01/2011 20:37, Barbara Duprey wrote: >> OK, which is used in the help -- drop-down, drop-down list, drop-down >> menu, ? > - drop-down alone is not used > - drop-down menu is used twice > - drop-down icon is used once > - drop-down list(s) is used several times. > > Kind regards > Sophie Thanks, Sophie! Hmm -- is there another term used instead? "Several" doesn't seem like enough to cover this, as often as such things are used. "Selection list" or "selection menu" maybe? Or "combo box" as it's called in the form control toolbar? A quick check showed that at least sometimes, there is no term used at all, just directions to "select the ..." without mentioning the control type. So maybe that should be preferred? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
