It was also known as a handle in the very first GUIs.
It offers a solution to the problem of navigation to a known or unknown location within a two-dimensional information space. Graphical user interface element Examples of horizontal and vertical scrollbars around a text boxĪ scrollbar is an interaction technique or widget in which continuous text, pictures, or any other content can be scrolled in a predetermined direction (up, down, left, or right) on a computer display, window, or viewport so that all of the content can be viewed, even if only a fraction of the content can be seen on a device's screen at one time.
