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🖱️ A list of options 🔽 Can fold down
dropdown

dropdown

4 3.7
A menu that shows a list of choices when you click it
  • noun
  • /ˈdrɒpˌdaʊn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : menú desplegable
  • Check in the dropdown list that the default post category is set to 'Uncategorized.'
  • dropdown menu
  • dropdown list
  • click the dropdown

Examples

  • From the settings page, choose a theme from the dropdown to customize your interface.

  • Select "JPEG" from the Format dropdown menu and make sure that the box next to "Embed Color Profile" is checked.

    Blog text (32)

  • The dropdown menu in the application, Brian.

    Problemista (2024)

  • Cocoa Touch does not have a dropdown list control.

    Blog text (6)

  • In the dropdown list, Number of times an option can be chosen, select your preferred limit.

    Blog text (30)

  • In the "Reserve Address By" dropdown, select "Choose MAC Address."

    Blog text (33)

  • Members can access the page from the MENC website, www.menc.org, by clicking on the link under the "Resources" dropdown menu.

    Academic text (2003)

  • To change the font size, open the dropdown menu and select your preferred option.

  • Click on the dropdown at the top of the page to view your account preferences.

Synonyms

drop-down
vsdropdown
  • Specialized
9 3.9

A list of choices that appears below when you click it

is the general interface list shown to let a user pick one option
drop-down menu
vsdropdown
  • Specialized
4 3.2

A list of options that appears below a menu item so you can choose one

is a computer interface list that appears when an item is clicked or selected

How Many Options

hierarchical menu
  • Specialized
6.2
dropdown
  • Specialized
4 3.7
menu
  • Specialized
117 1.2

Surface Forms

dropdown singular
dropdowns plural

Morphology

dropdown = drop (transparent) = down + drop

The noun denotes an item (a menu) that 'drops down' when activated; the compound is a transparent lexicalization of the verb phrase. [Postprocessing: moved 'down' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Dropdown comes from the words drop and down, meaning 'fall' and 'toward a lower place'. A helpful image is a list that 'drops down' from the top of a page when you click, so a dropdown on a website is a menu that appears below and shows your choices.