Widget (computing)

A widget (or control) is a graphical interface component that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box. Widgets are sometimes qualified as virtual to distinguish them from their physical counterparts, e.g. virtual buttons that can be clicked with a mouse cursor, vs. physical buttons that can be pressed with a finger. Widgets are often packaged together in widget toolkits. Programmers use widgets to build graphical user interfaces (GUIs).

Related Topics:
Window - Text box - Cursor - Button - Widget toolkit - Graphical user interface

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Some say that the word 'widget' is derived from the combination of 'window' and 'gadget'.

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