« Graphical User Interface Basic Knowledge – Part 1

Graphical User Interface Basic Knowledge – Part 2

Hello… nice to have you back on this site, I will continue the discussion in Part 1.
Ok then, lets start….

Minimize, Restore and Exit buttons.
These buttons will allow you to minimize an application’s screen, restore the application to the original size or shutting down the application.
These buttons usually located on the top right corner of a program.

Scroll bar.
This button is used to move up and down or change between pages. Usually this button is placed in the right side of an application.

Status bar.
It is used to display a small message and to show the progress of a task or command. In most programs, it is located at the bottom of the user interface.

Context menu.
When perform a right click on your mouse, a menu will be displayed. That is a context menu.

A context menu is commonly used as a shortcut command.

Input box.
Input box is a small rectangle, usually use to input a set of data in a program interface. As an example when you open up your web based email, then you must enter your username and password into a rectangle box, that is an input box.

If you have a problem regarding this input box, then you might present the exact type of information to the technical support by calling it an input box so the problem can be directly solved.

Button.
A rectangle box that can be click, and when you click on this rectangle box, it perform a process. As an example when you to print your document, after pressing the Print menu and then followed by the OK button, your document start to be printed.

When the color of the text in the button is gray out as it seems like inactive and nothing happens if you click on it, then a problem occurs.

Check box.
A small box that indicates multiple choices, such when you are completing a registration form then you were asked to select your hobby, several choices will be provided in that form.

By the time you click on it, a small ‘x’ will be displayed inside the box.
Radio button.

Almost the same as a check box, but radio button indicates a single choice.
Problems with check box and radio button are almost the same, which is if you click on that button there is no reactions.

If you try to describe the problems with your software to a technical support, make sure you mention the parts correctly to get a proper problem solving.