"dropdown" meaning in English

See dropdown in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-us-dropdown.oga
Etymology: Deverbal from drop down. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|drop down}} Deverbal from drop down Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} dropdown (not comparable)
  1. (computing, graphical user interface, of a widget) Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing, Graphical user interface Translations (computing: dropping down from above): goitibeherako (Basque), pudotus- (Finnish), déroulant (French), tarik turun (Indonesian), desplegable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dropdown-en-adj-pUtELTZH Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 76 24 Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: drop-down

Noun

Audio: En-us-dropdown.oga Forms: dropdowns [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from drop down. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|drop down}} Deverbal from drop down Head templates: {{en-noun}} dropdown (plural dropdowns)
  1. (computing, graphical user interface) An instance of a selection object that hides the contents (especially the other choices) until activated. Categories (topical): Computing, Graphical user interface Related terms: droplist
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: drop-down

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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