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

Look for the Lock screen status bar and click on the drop-down menu to its right.

From The Verge • Apr. 28, 2022

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

Status bar changes While it’s all but confirmed the iPhone 8 will include a near bezel-less display, there has been a lot of debate around how Apple will handle the status bar icons.

From The Verge • Sep. 9, 2017