# Three dots become garbage can

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/three-dots-become-garbage-can/180680>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 7:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/three-dots-become-garbage-can/180680 "2021-02-22T07:19:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![jidanni](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jidanni/32/291938_2.png) [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 7:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/three-dots-become-garbage-can/180680/1 "2021-02-22T07:19:14Z")

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Today let’s talk about the UX of

![20210222T151502](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/2/b20f12ae696bc82a6b0cf740a68927ead4a4ffa2.jpeg)

OK we click on the three dots to find out what it hides.

OK we saw what it hid. And now we click again to make it hide it again.

But surprise surprise, that spot has now become a garbage can (and some other stuff) and our second click is now aimed smack dab at a garbage can! Good thing we can still stop our hand in time.

Yes, maybe it isn’t as dangerous as it seems, but I’m not going to try it to find out.

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