dialog box
noun
: a window (see window sense 10) on a computer screen for choosing options or inputting information
Examples of dialog box in a Sentence
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Mirroring or extending settings are a bit lower down on the display settings dialog box.
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Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
The System Properties dialog box will appear.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 15 July 2021
Press the Connect button in the dialog box.
—Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 6 May 2021
If you long-press on an app and then select Remove App, a dialog box will give you the option to Delete App or Remove From Home Screen.
—Wired, 8 Aug. 2022
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this design sounds similar to the homepage for ChatGPT, which lists example questions, capabilities, and limitations above a search / dialog box.
—James Vincent, The Verge, 1 Feb. 2023
Available daily from 10am-midnight by clicking on the blue dialog box icon in the bottom right corner of the screen.
—Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
Windows 11 is every bit as slick, aside from the occasional old-school Control Panel dialog box.
—Michael Muchmore, PCMAG, 3 May 2022
If Nothing want to stick with simplicity for most, then an ‘Advanced’ dialog box would work for me.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
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Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
The System Properties dialog box will appear.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 15 July 2021
Press the Connect button in the dialog box.
—Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 6 May 2021
If you long-press on an app and then select Remove App, a dialog box will give you the option to Delete App or Remove From Home Screen.
—Wired, 8 Aug. 2022
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this design sounds similar to the homepage for ChatGPT, which lists example questions, capabilities, and limitations above a search / dialog box.
—James Vincent, The Verge, 1 Feb. 2023
Available daily from 10am-midnight by clicking on the blue dialog box icon in the bottom right corner of the screen.
—Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
Windows 11 is every bit as slick, aside from the occasional old-school Control Panel dialog box.
—Michael Muchmore, PCMAG, 3 May 2022
If Nothing want to stick with simplicity for most, then an ‘Advanced’ dialog box would work for me.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
See More
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First Known Use
1984, in the meaning defined above
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“Dialog box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dialog%20box. Accessed 28 Sep. 2023.
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