toolbar

(tūl'bär')
n.
A row of icons on a computer screen that activate commands or functions when clicked.

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A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the application window by the user. For example, floating toolbars are common in graphics applications so that they can be moved into the canvas area closer to the objects being drawn. See tool palette, tool and toolkit.

A Toolbar with Tools!

Most toolbar buttons show only pictures, while some have a text explanation too. This toolbar from VTEL's videoconferencing software has real tools on it!

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Area of a computer screen, often across the top, containing buttons and menus . In some applications a toolbar can be docked at any edge of the screen or torn off to become a floating palette. Toolbars can also be turned off (caused not to appear). Also called a button bar.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - værktøjsbjælke (på computerskærm)

Français (French)
n. - (Comput) barre d'outils

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Comp.) Tool-Leiste

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γραμμή εργαλείων

Español (Spanish)
n. - barra de símbolos gráficos que pueden ser utilizados como botones para activar funciones, etc.

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - verktygslist

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
工具栏

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 工具欄

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (컴퓨터) 도구 막대

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قائمه في أعلى الشاشه تبين العمليات المتاحه (كومبيوتر)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רצועה בראש המרקע המכילה כפתורים להפעלת תוכניות-שירות שונות (מחשב)‬

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