touchscreen panel

Finger-operated display surface

A touchscreen panel is a display surface that responds to finger or stylus contact, allowing users to interact directly with what's shown on screen rather than through a separate input device.

The term is somewhat redundant—touchscreen alone usually suffices—but appears in technical contexts and product descriptions: The touchscreen panel needs recalibration.

Related

finger · LCD · smartphone · tablet · gesture · capacitive · stylus · pinch · scroll · drag and drop · responsive · interface · user interface · digital · sensor · smudge · glare · crack

Opposites
input method

touchscreen panelmechanical keyboard

Switch-based typing device

rotary dial · toggle switches · joystick · trackball · keypad

interface modernity

touchscreen panelanalog controls

Continuous physical input devices

teletype · command line interface

Family

touch, screen, panel, touched, touching, touches, touchable, untouched, touchy

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G