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 finally added the battery percent indicator back to the status bar in the latest iOS 16 beta, and as my colleague Victoria Song wrote, it’s hideous.

From The Verge • Aug. 9, 2022

Apple released the iOS 16 beta 5 today and with it comes the long-awaited return of battery percentage to 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