appbar

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noun

A toolbar, anchored to an edge of the user's desktop, providing quick access to programs or features.

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Meanings

nounappbar (plural appbars)

plural appbars

  1. Microsoft WindowscomputingA toolbar, anchored to an edge of the user's desktop, providing quick access to programs or features.

    Create an appbar to display the system palette

    1996, Scott Stanfield, Ralph Arvesen, Visual C++ 4 How-to, page 513
    1 more example

    Home Page of the FinanceHub Windows 8 store application displaying the stocks watchlist and an appbar with Add Stock flyout

    2013, Ashish Ghoda, Windows 8 MVVM Patterns Revealed, page XX

Origin

From app + bar; introduced in Windows 95.

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APA

appbar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appbar

MLA

“appbar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appbar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “appbar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appbar.

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