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Does anyone know what the proper term is for this incremental counter thing?

BONUS: Is there a definitive guide you use to classify these elements? Thanks! enter image description here

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  • According to the StackExchange Tour guide, this is the Voting UI.
    – Agnes
    Jun 16, 2014 at 15:42
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    If you are calling out the specific element from StackExchange, @Agnes points out what they call it. In more general terms, it could be seen as an over sized "Stepper" or "Spinner" or control. Jun 16, 2014 at 16:11

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It's a sub-traditional object - often tied in with a drop-down menu or a hidden dropdown. As far as I've experienced, it's called a Picker or a Picker Control. I've seen it more commonly used in date pickers

See: (Android) http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/controls/pickers.html

(Microsoft Desktop)http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb761726(v=vs.85).aspx

(iOS - both Date Picker and individual Picker)https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/mobilehig/Controls.html

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    User is not really picking anything here, so calling it a picker or picker control is incorrect in my opinion. Jun 16, 2014 at 21:15
  • For this website's practical application of it, I agree - but out of this particular context, I would still call the control a "Picker". You could technically (yes, splitting hairs here) say that you are picking whether you like or dislike something and the developers only gave you two choices. When I am talking about controls I assume that I'm also going to be talking with individuals who may be implementing said control - if that were the case, most likely they'll know how to implement without thinking about it if I use their terms for a "thing". Jun 16, 2014 at 23:36

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