Toolbar
Thetoolbar,also called abarorstandard toolbar(originally known asribbon),[1][2]is a graphical control element on which on-screen icons can be used. A toolbar often allows for quick access to functions that are commonly used in the program. Some examples of functions a toolbar might have are open file, save, and change font. Toolbars are usually distinguished frompalettesby their integration into the edges of the screen or of other windows. This can result in wasted space if multiple underpopulated bars are stacked atop each other or interface inefficiency if overloaded bars are placed on small windows.[3]
Variants[edit]
There are several user interface elements derived from toolbars:
- Anaddress bar,location barorURL baris a toolbar that mainly consists of a text box. It typically acceptsURLsor file system addresses. They are found in web browsers andfile managers.
- Abreadcrumborbreadcrumb trailallows users to keep track of their locations within a program or a file system. They are toolbars whose contents dynamically change to indicate the navigation path.
- Aribbonwas originally used to refer to a toolbar, but it now means a complex user interface which consists of multiple toolbars chosen between throughtabs.
- Ataskbaris a toolbar provided by an operating system to launch, monitor and manipulate software.A taskbar may hold other sub-toolbars.
Asearch boxis not in itself a toolbar but one may appear within a toolbar, as is the case with the address bar.
Toolbars may appear in various software. Someinternet browsersallow the user to customize its toolbars' contents or location.Plug-inscan be used to add new toolbars to some programs.
Sometimestrojan horse viruseswill take the form of a toolbar.[4]
References[edit]
- ^The 1996 Oxford Dictionary of Computing describes the term "ribbon" in user interface design as "...a horizontal row of control icons that can often be redefined to suit the user's requirements." - what is currently more commonly referred to as "toolbar".Illingworth, Valerie, ed. (1996).Oxford Dictionary of Computing(4th ed.).Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0192800466.LCCN98114667.OCLC44963186.
- ^ESPRIT '88: putting the technology to use: proceedings of the 5th Annual ESPRIT Conference, Brussels, November 14-17, 1988, Part 2.North-Holland. 1988.ISBN978-0-444-87145-9.Retrieved28 May2013.
[...] a ribbon that contains labeled icons (64×64 bit maps) representing tasks and tools that has been instantiated by the user. Each tasktool is represented by a different icon.
- ^"What is a Toolbar?".Computer Hope.Retrieved2021-09-21.
- ^"Toolbars".Malwarebytes Labs.Retrieved2021-09-22.
External links[edit]
Media related toToolbarsat Wikimedia Commons
