scrollbar

Window content navigator

A scrollbar is a narrow strip along the edge of a window or frame that allows you to move through content too large to display at once.

Clicking or dragging the bar shifts the visible portion up, down, or sideways: I had to use the scrollbar to see the rest of the document.

Modern interfaces often hide scrollbars until the cursor approaches the edge.

interface

thumb

Short opposable digit

  • trackPath or monitored route
  • sliderAdjustable interface element
  • dragResistance through fluid

dragging · click · hover · widget · pane · window · cursor · pointer · mouse · touchpad

design

CSS

Web presentation language

wireframe · UX · GUI · layout · styling · overflow · container · element · pixel · width

behavior

sliding

Moving smoothly across surface

shifting · nudging · snapping · bouncing · momentum · autoscroll · lazy loading · pagination · anchoring

accessibility

assistive

Providing help or aid

text-to-speech · visual impairment · dexterity · high contrast · ARIA · usability · ergonomics · adaptive · magnification

Categories
Opposites
UI navigation mechanism

scrollbarpagination

Sequential numbering of sheets

cursor · hyperlink · mouse pointer · arrow keys

content display paradigm

scrollbarpagination

Sequential numbering of sheets

carousel · slideshow · accordion

Family

scrollbars

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G