A panel is "a particular arrangement of information grouped together for presentation to users in a window or pop-up". In
ISPF
In computing, Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) is a software product for many historic IBM mainframe operating systems and currently the z/OS and z/VM operating systems that run on IBM mainframes. It includes a Text editor, screen e ...
, a panel is "a predefined display image that you see on a display screen".
In modern
multiple-document interface software a panel refers to a particular arrangement of information grouped together and presented to users ''docked'' (''by default)'' in the user interface rather than floating in a window, pop-up or
dialog box
In computing, a dialog box (also simply dialog) is a graphical control element in the form of a small window that communicates information to the user and prompts them for a response.
Dialog boxes are classified as " modal" or "modeless", dep ...
.
A panel
graphical control element is commonly packaged as part of a
widget toolkit
A widget toolkit, widget library, GUI toolkit, or UX library is a library (computing), library or a collection of libraries containing a set of graphical control elements (called ''widgets'') used to construct the graphical user interface (GUI) of ...
(libraries that contain a collection of graphical control elements) for a
graphical user interface
A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows user (computing), users to human–computer interaction, interact with electronic devices through Graphics, graphical icon (computing), icons and visual indicators such ...
. See
toolbar and
dialog box
In computing, a dialog box (also simply dialog) is a graphical control element in the form of a small window that communicates information to the user and prompts them for a response.
Dialog boxes are classified as " modal" or "modeless", dep ...
.
References
See also
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GNOME Panel
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Kicker (KDE)
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Layout manager Layout managers are software components used in widget toolkits which have the ability to lay out graphical control elements by their relative positions without using distance units. It is often more natural to define component layouts in this mann ...
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Control panel (computer)
Many computer user interfaces use a control panel metaphor to give the user control of software and hardware features. The control panel (computer software), panel consists of multiple settings including display settings, network settings, user acc ...
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Graphical control elements