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Ellipsis Affordances on Buttons and Menus In the English language, writers use ellipses for unfinished thoughts. On a user interface, designers use ellipsis on buttons and menus for unfinished actions. The user completes the action on the modal window that pops up.
- What is an ellipses button?
- What do three horizontal dots mean?
- Can you overuse ellipses?
- What are the 3 dots in Microsoft teams called?
What is an ellipses button?
An ellipsis button is a button that indicates that several tasks are available for a particular item. When you rollover or click the ellipsis, you will see the tasks related to that item.
What do three horizontal dots mean?
In writing
Of course, in general use, three horizontal dots is known as an ellipsis and is primarily used to represent “the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues” (dictionary.com).
Can you overuse ellipses?
Some editors may view the ellipsis as lazy — a writer's way out of completing a sentence or connecting two thoughts. They can certainly become an overused crutch and weaken your copy, but in some cases, the ellipsis is quite important, especially when it comes to quoting.
What are the 3 dots in Microsoft teams called?
ellipsis button - Microsoft Style Guide | Microsoft Learn.
