tear-off
See also: tear off
English
Noun
tear-off (plural tear-offs)
- (graphical user interface) A pull-down menu that can be detached from its parent menu bar and dragged around the screen.
- 2009, John K. Ousterhout, Ken Jones, Tcl and the Tk Toolkit
- Tear-offs are rarely found in modern interfaces, though, so typically you'll want to disable the tear-off feature by default.
- 2009, John K. Ousterhout, Ken Jones, Tcl and the Tk Toolkit
- (programming) A COM (Component Object Model) interface that is instantiated only when explicitly requested.
- 1998, Don Box, Essential COM (page 183)
- This makes tearoffs especially risky for objects that may be accessed remotely. Given all of the potential pitfalls of tearoffs, a logical question might be, "when are tearoffs appropriate?" There is no absolute answer; […]
- 1998, Don Box, Essential COM (page 183)