Folder: About User Interfaces

Another name for a dialog window.

Type of window that shows a message or options to be configured.

A narrow horizontal or vertical rectangle on the screen that indicates some sort of information or contains widgets that you can interact with.

A short message that appears when you hover a graphical user interface element for a few moments.

A horizontal bar found in a window that has multiple tool buttons and other controls to change the behavior of the tools.

A kind of floating menu that appears when you click a button on the screen, called this way because they generally slide downward.

A menu that appears when you right click on something, or when you press the menu key on your keyboard.

A key or combination of keys in the keyboard that when pressed makes an application execute a command that would normally require clicking on a button or on a menu with the mouse, e.g. Ctrl+O, Alt+F4.

Many different methods to open a file.

Horizontal bar with a text box that displays the current location's address typically found at the top of a window of an application that can navigate from one place to another, such as web browsers and file managers.

A horizontal menu found in the main window of an application, typically located between the titlebar and the toolbar.

A menu found in Windows and other operating systems that provides a way to find and open all applications and utilities installed in the computer.

An user interface element that displays a list of options (called menu items) for the user to select.