GUI Widgets

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In computer programming, a widget (or control) is an interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box. Widgets are often packaged together in widget toolkits. Programmers use widgets to build graphical user interfaces (GUIs).

Various widgets

• Selection
  • Button
    • Toggle button
    • Check box
    • Radio button
  • Slider
  • List box
  • Spinner
  • Drop-down list
  • Menu
    • Context menu
    • Pie menu
  • Toolbar
  • Ribbon
  • Combo box (text box with attached menu or List box)
  • Icon
  • Tree view
  • Grid view

• Navigation
  • Tab
  • Scrollbar

• Text input
  • Text box (edit field)
  • Combo box (text box with attached menu)

• Output
  • Label
  • Tooltip
  • Balloon help
  • Status bar
  • Progress bar
  • Infobar

• Window
  • Modal window
  • Dialog box
  • Palette window, also known as “Utility window”
    • Inspector window
    • Drawer
    • Heads-up display similar to HUD (computer gaming)

    Source: Wikipedia – widgets used in computer programming (GUI)

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