palette window

noun

A window often with miniaturized graphical user interface widgets housing a collection of related tools/commands for a particular task. The contemporary behavior is for the window to be a floating palette, floating over the main document window.

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Meanings

nounpalette window (plural palette windows)

plural palette windows

  1. computingA window often with miniaturized graphical user interface widgets housing a collection of related tools/commands for a particular task. The contemporary behavior is for the window to be a floating palette, floating over the main document window.
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APA

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Chicago

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