dialog box
noun
: a window (see window sense 10) on a computer screen for choosing options or inputting information
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Dave Plummer, a former developer at Microsoft, recounted the interesting tale of how the Format drive dialog box was created all those years ago in a post on X over the weekend.
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Tom Warren, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
Steve Jobs Introduces the Macintosh Watch on The Macintosh also provided a user interface toolbox for application developers, enabling applications to have a standard look and feel by using common interface widgets such as buttons, menus, fonts, dialog boxes and windows.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
Interactions magazine August 1980: A mockup of menus and dialog boxes, running on a Lisa prototype.
—Jeremy Reimer, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2023
Mirroring or extending settings are a bit lower down on the display settings dialog box.
—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
Tom Warren, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
Steve Jobs Introduces the Macintosh Watch on The Macintosh also provided a user interface toolbox for application developers, enabling applications to have a standard look and feel by using common interface widgets such as buttons, menus, fonts, dialog boxes and windows.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
Interactions magazine August 1980: A mockup of menus and dialog boxes, running on a Lisa prototype.
—Jeremy Reimer, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2023
Mirroring or extending settings are a bit lower down on the display settings dialog box.
—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
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“Dialog box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dialog%20box. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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