drop-down menu

noun

variants or drop-down list or pull-down menu
computers
: a list of choices that appears on a computer screen when a person clicks on the menu's title
To print the document, click on "print" in the "file" drop-down menu.

Examples of drop-down menu in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web To share it or send it to your computer, tap the Share button (the square with the arrow pointing up) and choose Send Copy in the drop-down menu. Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023 To uninstall an app click the three dots to the right of its name, choose Uninstall on the drop-down menu, and follow the instructions on the screen. Justin Pot, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2023 The other options in that drop-down menu are ‘minimize’ or ‘do nothing’. Barry Collins, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023

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“Drop-down menu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop-down%20menu. Accessed 1 Nov. 2024.

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