drawer
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- noun
- /drɔːər/
- Specialized
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panel lateral
- Once your Nexus 7 has rebooted, you will see a new app in your app drawer.
Examples
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The Styles drawer meets that particular need, but again it takes up a lot of room on the screen.
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The iPad mini has no separate app drawer.
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If the app drawer is looking a little bare, hit the source link.
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But I am liking the fact that the version with the app drawer looks nice and clean.
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Go into the app drawer and tap on the widget column.
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Moving widgets to the app drawer in 4.0 was a good start, and this is the continuation of that idea.
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Android, in general, provides a better experience for accessing and organizing apps through the App Drawer, which the Nexus 7 has.
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In the taskbar drawer at the bottom of the browser viewport, click the Browse button.
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You cannot group the icons into folders inside the App Drawer, but you can do so on the homescreen and dock bar.
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To access the settings, swipe from the left edge of the screen to open the drawer.
Synonyms
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4.5
A small window on screen that shows options or settings
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A side panel on a website or app that shows links and small tools
A panel that slides out from the screen edge to show tools or settings
Idioms
Compounds
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drawer in apps and websites is named after the furniture piece because it 'slides out' like a real drawer. Think of the verb draw 'to pull' — the digital drawer is something you 'pull' out to see more options.