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12/30/24, 8:49 PM Toolbar - Wikipedia

The toolbar, also called a bar or standard toolbar (originally known as ribbon),[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 from palettes by 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:


An address bar, location bar or URL bar is a toolbar that mainly consists of a text box. It
typically accepts URLs or file system addresses. They are found in web browsers and file
managers.
A breadcrumb or breadcrumb trail allows 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.
A ribbon was originally used to refer to a toolbar, but it now means a complex user interface
which consists of multiple toolbars chosen between through tabs.
A taskbar is a toolbar provided by an operating system to launch, monitor and manipulate
software. A taskbar may hold other sub-toolbars.
A search box is 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. Some internet browsers allow the user to customize its
toolbars' contents or location. Plug-ins can be used to add new toolbars to some programs.

Sometimes trojan horse viruses will take the form of a toolbar.[4]

See also [ edit ]

Browser toolbar

References [ edit ]

1. ^ 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. ISBN 978-
0192800466. LCCN 98114667 . OCLC 44963186 .
2. ^ ESPRIT '88: putting the technology to use : proceedings of the 5th Annual ESPRIT Conference,
Brussels, November 14-17, 1988, Part 2 . North-Holland. 1988. ISBN 978-0-444-87145-9.
Retrieved 28 May 2013. "[...] a ribbon that contains labeled icons (64×64 bit maps) representing tasks
and tools that"

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