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From: tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: What's the official name for the box in the scroll bar?
Message-ID: <730063@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: 2 Sep 88 16:06:39 GMT
References: <6195@spool.cs.wisc.edu>
Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA
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>I'd like to know what the 'official' name is for the small box in the standard
>scroll bars. IM I uses the term 'scroll box' in the interface guidlines and
>'thumb' in the control manager section. User manuals use 'scroll box'.
>
>Personally I prefer the term thumb as it's more descriptive. Scroll box sounds
>more descriptive of the scrollable list manger boxes.

It's supposed to be a "thumb wheel" (I didn't know this until I read it
somewhere).

-Ted