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meatball menu

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A button drawn as three horizontal dots that opens a small menu of additional actions for the content next to it.

Synonyms

  • three-dots menu
  • horizontal ellipsis menu

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In plain words

  • the three sideways dots for more options
  • the horizontal 'more' dots

Usage example

The card's meatball menu let users pin, share, or hide the post.

Don't confuse with…

  • kebab menuA meatball lays the three dots horizontally; a kebab stacks them vertically, but both open extra actions.

Categories

  • Navigation

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  • Relatedmeatball menu related of context menu
  • Relatedmeatball menu related of hamburger menu
  • Relatedmeatball menu related of kebab menu
  • Relatedkebab menu related of context menu
  • Relatedhamburger menu related of drawer
  • Relatedcontext menu related of dropdown menu
  • Relatedkebab menu related of hamburger menu
  • Relatedhamburger menu related of kebab menu
  • Relatedcontext menu related of long press
  • Relatedkebab menu related of meatball menu
  • Relatedhamburger menu related of navigation bar

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