chooser
- noun
- /ˈtʃuːzər/
- Specialized
:
selector
- When editing the presentation, use the chooser to pick a new font style from the available options.
Examples
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To change the colors in the design, open the chooser dialog and select your preferred palette.
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I'm going to call this my palette chooser dot chosen palette index.
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And so a chooser option will be less expensive than a straddle would be.
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Now with a chooser option, it's an awful lot like a straddle, obviously.
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FileSystemView provides a view of the underlying file system, only used in the context of the Swing file chooser.
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So let's jump back over to our palette chooser and change this sheet back to being a popover.
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With Chooser, you can now look forward to apps having a Dropbox button that can then be used to open your Dropbox folder in-app, without having to use a file browser of any sort.
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The file chooser allows users to browse their computer and select documents to upload.
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Etymology
The word chooser comes from choose, meaning 'to pick', plus the ending -er, meaning 'one who'. In computing, a chooser is a small tool or window that lets you pick a file, colour, or other item, so the name means 'the thing that helps you choose'.