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A Windows 3.1 message box with a progress bar A simple animated progress bar. A progress bar is a graphical control element used to visualize the progression of an extended computer operation, such as a download, file transfer, or installation. Sometimes, the graphic is accompanied by a textual representation of the progress in a percent format.
Sliders are also combined with progress bars in the playback of streaming media over a network connection (e.g., YouTube videos) in order to show the content buffering position versus the playback position. This is done by superimposing a colored shaded area (progress bar) on top of the slider, indicating whether the user can "jump" forward or not.
A status bar is a graphical control element which poses an information area typically found at the window's bottom. [1] It can be divided into sections to group information. Its job is primarily to display information about the current state of its window, although some status bars have extra functionality.
Since December 2016, YouTube started rolling out a progress bar at thumbnails' bottom edge, indicating the watch progress of previously watched videos, starting with the iOS app. [187] Live streaming from the mobile app was rolled out in early 2017, initially only available to channels with at least 10,000 subscribers. [188]
This template draws a progress bar using {{Progression}} and displays a statistics box. It differs from the original bar in that is designed for use in backlog category elimination drives; as articles are removed from the category specified, the percentage goes up based on the original population (e.g., at the start of the drive) and the goal.
A throbber animation like that seen on many websites when a blocking action is being performed in the background. A throbber, also known as a loading icon, is an animated graphical control element used to show that a computer program is performing an action in the background (such as downloading content, conducting intensive calculations or communicating with an external device).
{{Progress bar|value}} This template draws a progress bar. By default, the value to supply as the parameter is the percent, from 0 to 100 (e.g. 1 would mean 1%, .1 would be 0.1%). If a value isn't specified or is invalid, the bar displays 0%. Values greater than 100% will display incorrectly, although the text label will be correct.
Examples of horizontal and vertical scrollbars around a text box Examples of vertical scrollbar at right end of Wikipedia home page. A scrollbar is an interaction technique or widget in which continuous text, pictures, or any other content can be scrolled in a predetermined direction (up, down, left, or right) on a computer display, window, or viewport so that all of the content can be viewed ...