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44: 20: 327: 70:), 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 190:
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".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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was originally used to refer to a toolbar, but it now means a complex user interface which consists of multiple toolbars chosen between through
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is not in itself a toolbar but one may appear within a toolbar, as is the case with the address bar.
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is a toolbar provided by an operating system to launch, monitor and manipulate software.
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allows its toolbars to be detached and moved between windows and other toolbars.
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is a toolbar that mainly consists of a text box. It typically accepts
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There are several user interface elements derived from toolbars:
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allow the user to customize its toolbars' contents or location.
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or file system addresses. They are found in web browsers and
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gedit
floppy disk icon
undoing and redoing
cut, copy, and paste

OpenOffice.org
palettes
address bar
URLs
file managers
breadcrumb
ribbon
tabs
taskbar
A taskbar may hold other sub-toolbars
search box
internet browsers
Plug-ins
trojan horse viruses
Oxford University Press
ISBN
978-0192800466
LCCN
98114667
OCLC
44963186
ESPRIT '88: putting the technology to use : proceedings of the 5th Annual ESPRIT Conference, Brussels, November 14-17, 1988, Part 2
ISBN
978-0-444-87145-9

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