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I have a design for a control looking like this:

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I'd like to know if there is a commonly used name for such control to google its implementations.

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Multiple selection listbox is the first thing that comes to mind – Kaylee Chatham yesterday
    
thanks, I'll check if I can google something using this name – Maximus yesterday
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As suggested on Kaylee Chatham's comment, it is also called multiple selection listbox or multiple choice listbox.

As seen on number 6 in this confusing page I found, this could also be called an Accumulator:

Description: When a user needs to select items from separate sets of search results or other large, unwieldy data sets- let them manipulate the left (search, sort, navigate or filter), and add to the right.

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This really depends on audience. For example, if you asked a few developers to draw a sketch of a "multiple selection listbox", you'd get variations and different interpretations. Likewise, a user probably wouldn't know what the heck you're talking about without a picture. Depending on what you're writing about, I'd be inclined not to give it a name, since it is really several controls combined into one. – Scribblemacher yesterday
    
I'm aware that these are two listboxes combined with other elements, but OP asks for a name to use for searching and in that case this answers the question – Luciano 19 hours ago
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I would actually consider this more than one control, two list boxes and several buttons.

Using the terminology recommended by the Microsoft Manual of Style 4th edition, you would refer to the lists as "lists" within text.

Example

In the Available Tasks list, select a task, and then click the the > button.

I would be leery to call it a "multiple selection listbox" because there are list boxes that allow users to select multiple items that are distinct from the controls shown in this question. If I needed a single word for this control, I'd probably call it "a double-paned list box", or something like that. But my preference would be to not call it anything and refer instead to individual parts. I think trying to force a name on this control as a whole would come off as jargony and not easily understood by a general user.

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I completely agree with you, although OP did say they wanted a term so they could research their use rather than actually using the term. – Cai yesterday

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