Meanings
plural toolbars · alternative tool bar
- computingA row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system.
Using the controls on the toolbar, you can preview and perform basic manipulation of each image available for importing.
2009, William R. Stanek, Windows 7: The Definitive Guide, The Essential Resource for Professionals and Power Users, page 3541 more example
Some UIs tend to improve this by displaying toolbars only when they are related to any object manipulated (e.g., an image, a rectangle) and undisplaying them afterwards.
2005, Maria Francesca Costabile, Fabio Paternò, Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2005, page 199Synonyms: button bar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 工具欄 /工具栏, 兔爸
- 工具欄 /工具栏 (gōngjùlán)row of icons in a graphical user interface
- 兔爸 (tùbà)row of icons in a graphical user interface
Czech panel nástrojů
- panel nástrojůrow of icons in a graphical user interface
Danish værktøjslinje
- værktøjslinjerow of icons in a graphical user interface
Dutch werkbalk, knoppenbalk
- werkbalkrow of icons in a graphical user interface
- knoppenbalkrow of icons in a graphical user interface
Estonian tööriistariba
- tööriistaribarow of icons in a graphical user interface
Finnish työkalupalkki
- työkalupalkkirow of icons in a graphical user interface
French barre d'outils
- barre d'outilsrow of icons in a graphical user interface
German Werkzeugleiste, Symbolleiste
- Werkzeugleisterow of icons in a graphical user interface
- Symbolleisterow of icons in a graphical user interface
Greek γραμμή εργαλείων
- γραμμή εργαλείων (grammí ergaleíon)row of icons in a graphical user interface
Hungarian eszköztár, eszközsor
- eszköztárrow of icons in a graphical user interface
- eszközsorrow of icons in a graphical user interface
Indonesian bilah alat
- bilah alatrow of icons in a graphical user interface
Italian barra degli strumenti, toolbar
- barra degli strumentirow of icons in a graphical user interface
- toolbarrow of icons in a graphical user interface
Japanese ツールバー
- ツールバー (tsūrubā)row of icons in a graphical user interface
Korean 도구 모음, 툴바
- 도구 모음 (dogu mo'eum)row of icons in a graphical user interface
- 툴바 (tulba)row of icons in a graphical user interface
Māori pae paraha, paeutauta
- pae paraharow of icons in a graphical user interface
- paeutautarow of icons in a graphical user interface
Polish pasek narzędzi
- pasek narzędzirow of icons in a graphical user interface
Portuguese barra de ferramentas
- barra de ferramentasrow of icons in a graphical user interface
Romanian bară de unelte, bară de instrumente
- bară de unelterow of icons in a graphical user interface
- bară de instrumenterow of icons in a graphical user interface
Russian пане́ль инструме́нтов, тулба́р
- пане́ль инструме́нтов (panɛ́lʹ instruméntov)row of icons in a graphical user interface
- тулба́р (tulbár)row of icons in a graphical user interface
Spanish barra de herramientas
- barra de herramientasrow of icons in a graphical user interface
Swedish verktygslist
- verktygslistrow of icons in a graphical user interface
Turkish araç çubuğu
- araç çubuğurow of icons in a graphical user interface
Ukrainian пане́ль інструме́нтів
- пане́ль інструме́нтів (panélʹ instruméntiv)row of icons in a graphical user interface
Vietnamese thanh công cụ
- thanh công cụrow of icons in a graphical user interface
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Cite this entry
toolbar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toolbar
“toolbar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toolbar. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toolbar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toolbar.
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