: a strip of icons on a computer display providing quick access to certain functions
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At its first release the Copilot button lived far from the actual Copilot sidebar, on the left side of the toolbar, but an update moved it to its more logical placement on the right corner of the Taskbar.
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PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
The toolbar includes options to capture using rectangular or freehand selection tools, grabbing a specific window or full-screen capture tools.
—Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024
Whether imported, captured, or entered manually, your passwords appear in an account list that’s accessed by clicking the toolbar button.
—PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
The top left and right corners of the toolbar are now rounded corners.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2023
Open up the app, then tap the Clean icon on the toolbar at the bottom.
—David Nield, Popular Science, 3 Jan. 2024
Another change in the new version 6.4 software update for the Stream Deck will automatically add a website’s favicon (the small logo that shows up in your browser’s toolbar) to the button instead of a generic Chrome icon or something else.
—Richard Lawler, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2023
In Google Meet, click the three dots left of the hangup button in the bottom toolbar and go to Settings.
—Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2023
Tools that share similar workflows — like those used to select objects and retouch images — are named and grouped together on the toolbar to make the software easier to navigate.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023
PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
The toolbar includes options to capture using rectangular or freehand selection tools, grabbing a specific window or full-screen capture tools.
—Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024
Whether imported, captured, or entered manually, your passwords appear in an account list that’s accessed by clicking the toolbar button.
—PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
The top left and right corners of the toolbar are now rounded corners.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2023
Open up the app, then tap the Clean icon on the toolbar at the bottom.
—David Nield, Popular Science, 3 Jan. 2024
Another change in the new version 6.4 software update for the Stream Deck will automatically add a website’s favicon (the small logo that shows up in your browser’s toolbar) to the button instead of a generic Chrome icon or something else.
—Richard Lawler, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2023
In Google Meet, click the three dots left of the hangup button in the bottom toolbar and go to Settings.
—Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2023
Tools that share similar workflows — like those used to select objects and retouch images — are named and grouped together on the toolbar to make the software easier to navigate.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023
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First Known Use
1983, in the meaning defined above
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“Toolbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toolbar. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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