graphical widget
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element of interaction in a graphical user interface
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Encyclopedic overview
gtk3-demo, a program to demonstrate the widgets in GTK+ version 3
In a graphical user interface (GUI), a graphical widget (also graphical control element or control) is an element of interaction, such as a button or a scroll bar. Controls are software components that a computer user interacts with through direct manipulation to read or edit information about an application. User interface libraries such as Windows Presentation Foundation, Qt, GTK, and Cocoa, contain a collection of controls and the logic to render these.
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