toolbar
See also: tool-bar and tool bar
English
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Toolbars in a wordprocessing application
Alternative forms
- tool bar
Etymology
tool + bar
Noun
toolbar (plural toolbars)
- (graphical user interface) A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system.
- 2005, Maria Francesca Costabile, Fabio Paternò, Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2005 (page 199)
- Some UIs tend to improve this by displaying toolbars only when they are related to any object manipulated (e.g., an image, a rectangle) and undisplaying them afterwards.
- 2005, Maria Francesca Costabile, Fabio Paternò, Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2005 (page 199)
Translations
row of icons in a graphical user interface
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See also
- tooltip
Anagrams
- Bartolo, Toorbal