Folder: About User Interfaces

Types of Buttons

Types of Windows

Dropdown List Button

A button that, when clicked, makes a dropdown list appear under it.
List-Detail

Layout consisting of two panes: the "list" pane, and the "detail" pane (also called the main pane), commonly found in settings dialogs.
Avatar

Small image that appears next to your username in forums, online communities, and other social media websites, specially next to your posts and in your profile page.
Username

Text code that uniquely identifies an user in an system.
Common Keyboard Shortcuts

A list of common keyboard shortcuts, found across many applications and operating systems.
Dialog Box

Another name for a dialog window.
Dialog Window

Type of window that shows a message or options to be configured.
Bar

A narrow horizontal or vertical rectangle on the screen that indicates some sort of information or contains widgets that you can interact with.
Tooltip

A short message that appears when you hover a graphical user interface element for a few moments.
Toolbar

A horizontal bar found in a window that has multiple tool buttons and other controls to change the behavior of the tools.
Dropdown Menu

A kind of floating menu that appears when you click a button on the screen, called this way because they generally slide downward.
Context Menu

A menu that appears when you right click on something, or when you press the menu key on your keyboard.
Keyboard Shortcut

A key or combination of keys in the keyboard that when pressed makes an application execute a command that would normally require clicking on a button or on a menu with the mouse, e.g. Ctrl+O, Alt+F4.
How to Save a File

How to use the menu File -> Save, Save as, Save a copy, and Export, and how to use save file dialogs.
Tutorials for Basic Computer Operations

Basic tutorials for operating a computer, specially one with Windows installed.
Ribbon

A rectangular area under the menubar of an application's window that contains several tool buttons grouped into sections and tabs.
Window

Rectangular area on the screen where widgets of an application are displayed.
How to Open a File

Many different methods to open a file.
Taskbar

A horizontal bar typically at the bottom of the screen where tasks (applications currently running) can be found.
Icon

A small image used to indicate something in the computer screen.