Hello Donna,

"Disclosure" is short for "Disclosure triangle" which many people refer to as a 
"Flippy Triangle" because clicking it causes it to flip over.

Cheers,

Anne

On Nov 20, 2009, at 10:58 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:

> Hi Erik,
> 
> Thanks.  Yeah, that's kind of a weird term.  I was originally thinking  
> that it had something to do with showing i.e. disclosing file  
> information, path or whatever.  Another term moght be better, but at  
> least now I know what it is.  thanks for the explanation.
> Best,
> Donna
> On Nov 19, 2009, at 9:32 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
> 
>> Hi,  I'm not sure why they picked the word disclosure, but the upshot
>> of it all is, if you check the box you get browsing options in case
>> you want to change the patth without having to type it.
>> 
>> Unchecked the browsing options are hidden or nondisclosed.  Checked
>> they are revealed or disclosed.
>> 
>> You also see this in tree or table controls sometimes when you can
>> expand or colapse an item to disclose or hide items inside it.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> erik burggraaf
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>> On 2009-11-19, at 9:09 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> In the Save as Dialog in Text Edit, there is a checkbox that simply
>>> says Disclosure.  To what does this refer?
>>> TIA,
>>> Donna
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