scroll bar

See also: scrollbar

English

a text box with horizontal and vertical scroll bars

Alternative forms

• scrollbar

Noun

scroll bar (plural scroll bars)

1. (computing, graphical user interface) A graphical widget in the form of a horizontal or vertical bar, on the edges of a personal computer screen, that is used to move scrollable text or images.
2. (hydrography) A sandbar on the inside of a riverbend.

Synonyms

• (graphical widget): slider

Coordinate terms

• (sandbar): side bar

Translations

graphical widget

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滾動條 / 滚动条 (zh) (gǔndòngtiáo)

• Czech: posuvník m
• Dutch: schuifbalk m, scrollbalk m
• Esperanto: rulumskalo
• Finnish: vierityspalkki
• French: barre de défilement (fr) f, ascenseur (fr) m
• German: Bildlaufleiste f, Rollbalken (de) m, Schiebebalken m, Scrollbalken m, Scrollleiste f
• Gujarati: સરકપટ્ટી (sarakpaṭṭī)
• Japanese: スクロールバー (sukurōru bā)
• Korean: 스크롤바 (seukeurolba)
• Māori: pae panuku
• Norman: rouôleux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rullefelt n

• Polish: pasek przesuwania m
• Portuguese: barra de rolagem (pt) f (Brazil) (Mac OS X), barra de rolamento f (Brazil), barra de deslocamento (pt) f (Portugal), barra de deslocação f (Portugal) (Mac OS X), elevador (pt) m (Portugal)
• Russian: полоса́ прокру́тки f (polosá prokrútki)
• Spanish: barra de desplazamiento f
• Swedish: rullningslist (sv) c
• Thai: แถบเลื่อนหน้าจอ
• Turkish: kaydırma çubuğu
• Vietnamese: thanh trượt

References

• scrollbar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Scroll bar”, in Geomorphic Unit Quick Reference Guide‎^[1], Sydney: Macquarie University, 11 January 2025 (last accessed)