seek bar

Timeline navigation control

A seek bar is a horizontal slider control that shows progress through media—video, audio, or downloads—and lets you jump to different points by dragging or clicking.

The term comes from "seeking" a position in a file.

Drag the seek bar to skip the intro.

Also called a scrubber or progress bar.

Related

video · media player · audio · drag · drag and drop · cursor · position · track · buffer · loading · loading screen · duration · time stamp · timestamp · player · media · scroll · thumb

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ui control type

seek barvolume control

Adjusts audio loudness

volume slider · mute button · play button · pause button · stop button

temporal control mode

seek barlive stream

Real-time online broadcast

live television · auto-play · broadcast television · autoplay

Family

seek, bar, seeks, seeking, seeker, seekers, bars, barred, barring

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G