status bar

American  

noun

Computers.

1. a row at the bottom of a window that displays information about the window, as the status of a web page load or details of an open document.

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status bar British  

noun

1. a narrow horizontal area at the foot of a computer screen or window in which details are displayed about the program that is running or the document that is being edited

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Etymology

Origin of status bar

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Apple decided with the iPhone X that we didn’t need battery percentage in the status bar.

From The Verge • Aug. 8, 2022

Image by AndroidWorld For one, the redesign eliminates the status bar, which contains your phone’s battery life, cell reception, and time and instead places it in the bottom-right corner of the screen.

From The Verge • Feb. 1, 2022

Status bar items like Apple’s battery indicator can get hidden underneath the notch when status bar items are extended.

From The Verge • Oct. 27, 2021

That is, devices should letterbox a notch when the phone is used in landscape or full-screen mode, and in portrait mode, the phone’s status bar should extend to the top of the notch.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2018

Very simply, this setting changes the status bar to black, which effectively camouflages the cut-out containing the phone’s front-facing camera and speaker.

From The Verge • Mar. 27, 2018