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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread greyed out #146835 08/24/05 11:00 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth OP old hand OP belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin As in... "Some toolbar buttons are greyed out and not clickable" ...any comments on this usage? Is it 'fine' as a verbal phrase and as the adjective 'greyed-out'? I assume it is fairly new and only used in computing circles. And a useless bit of information on the gray/grey topic: In HTML and CSS all grays are named somethinggray except lightgrey. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_(color) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted greyed out belligerentyouth 08/24/05 11:00 AM Re: greyed out Elizabeth Creith 08/24/05 12:01 PM Re: greyed out of troy 08/24/05 12:38 PM Re: greyed out inselpeter 08/24/05 02:43 PM Re: rasp of coastal squall Buffalo Shrdlu 08/24/05 02:49 PM Re: greyed out - back to the topic belMarduk 08/24/05 03:04 PM Re: greyed out - back to the topic inselpeter 08/24/05 03:28 PM Re: greyed out - back to the topic consuelo 08/25/05 05:44 AM Re: greyed out - back to the topic belMarduk 08/25/05 11:49 PM Re: greyed out - back to the topic Vernon Compton 08/26/05 12:04 AM Re: greyed out - back to the topic inselpeter 08/26/05 02:36 AM Re: greyed out - back to the topic wofahulicodoc 08/26/05 12:51 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,317 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 727 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,534 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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