scroll bar

See also: scrollbar

English

Alternative forms

• scrollbar

Noun

scroll bar (plural scroll bars)

1. (computing, graphical user interface) A graphical widget in the form of a horizontal or vertical bar, on the edges of a personal computer screen, that is used to move scrollable text or images.
2. (hydrography) A sandbar on the inside of a riverbend.

Synonyms

• (graphical widget): slider

Coordinate terms

• (sandbar): side bar

Translations

graphical widget

Chinese: Mandarin: 滾動條 / 滚动条 (zh) (gǔndòngtiáo) Czech: posuvník m Dutch: schuifbalk m, scrollbalk m Esperanto: rulumskalo Finnish: vierityspalkki French: barre de défilement (fr) f, ascenseur (fr) m German: Bildlaufleiste f, Rollbalken (de) m, Schiebebalken m, Scrollbalken m, Scrollleiste f Gujarati: સરકપટ્ટી (sarakpaṭṭī) Japanese: スクロールバー (sukurōru bā) Korean: 스크롤바 (seukeurolba) Maori: pae panuku Norman: rouôleux m Norwegian: Bokmål: rullefelt n Polish: pasek przesuwania m Portuguese: barra de rolagem (pt) f (Brazil) (Mac OS X), barra de rolamento f (Brazil), barra de deslocamento (pt) f (Portugal), barra de deslocação f (Portugal) (Mac OS X), elevador (pt) m (Portugal) Russian: полоса́ прокру́тки f (polosá prokrútki) Spanish: barra de desplazamiento f Swedish: rullningslist (sv) c Thai: แถบเลื่อนหน้าจอ Turkish: kaydırma çubuğu Vietnamese: thanh trượt

References

• scrollbar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Scroll bar”, in Geomorphic Unit Quick Reference Guide‎, Sydney: Macquarie University, 11 January 2025 (last accessed)