User:ScotXW/Graphical control element
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A graphical control element
- is an element of interaction, such as a button or a scroll bar, that is part of the graphical user interface (GUI) of a program.
- is a subroutine written in some programming language such as C, C++, Objective-C, etc.). It has to be compiled to become executable. Also, there has to be a rendering engine, which generates the graphical representation. The graphical representation can be hard-coded or themable.