toolbar
nounUK /ˈtuːl.bɑː/ · US /ˈtul.bɑɹ/
Etymology From tool + bar.
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Computing, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system.
- 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: