What is the proper name for the UI element created by the HTML
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What is the name if the user is allowed to type in their own answer (not just autocomplete to pick from the existing values, but any arbitrary text)?
How about when multiple choices are displayed at once, e.g.
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Citations and sources are particularly favored over answers that may just be your opinion/experience.
Various terms I've heard for various combinations of these: dropdown menu, pulldown menu, drop-down list, combo box, combo list.
Edit: Here are the result counts of Googling for various exact phrases (with no indication of to what UI element they might be referring):
- "dropdown menu" - 12,200,000 results (Google asks, "Did you mean "drop down menu")
- "drop-down menu" or "drop down menu" - 11,000,000 results
- "dropdown list" - 5,910,000 results (Google asks, "Did you mean "drop down list")
- "list box" - 4,880,000 results
- "drop-down list" or "drop down list" - 4,560,000 results
- "combo box" - 2,500,000 results
- "pull-down menu" or "pull down menu" - 2,080,000 results
- "pulldown menu" - 1,450,000 results
- "pulldown list" - 92,200 results
Answer
Wikipedia calls this a drop-down list redirecting from "dropdown menu" or "drop-down menu".
Java calls this an uneditable combo box.
Microsoft calls this a drop-down list combo box.
Mozilla XUL calls this a drop-down list (created by the
Apple HIG calls this a pop-up menu.
Wikipedia calls this a combo box.
Java calls this an editable combo box.
Microsoft calls this a drop-down combo box.
Mozilla XUL calls this an editable menulist.
Apple HIG calls this a combination box.
Wikipedia calls this a list box.
Java calls this a list.
Microsoft calls this a simple combo box.
Mozilla XUL calls this a list box.
Apple HIG calls this a list view.
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