menu bar
noun
: a narrow section across the screen in a computer program and that shows the names of available operations
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All episodes are available on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and can be found here on the site via the Podcasts tab on the homepage menu bar.
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Joel Feder, The Drive, 4 Mar. 2026
Click Safari on the menu bar and click Settings.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
And if a person taps an item in the menu bar at the top of the screen, the set of controls will enlarge to be more easily selectable with a finger.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
Press and hold the Option key and click on the Wi-Fi icon in the menu bar.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 21 Jan. 2026
This thin horizontal strip is the Mac menu bar.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Obviously, the other big catalogue that Disney+ advertises right on its menu bar is the Pixar collection.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2025
One of my long-standing annoyances with macOS was the lack of control over the menu bar.
—Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Other macOS menu bar items, when expanded, use a less translucent style that more closely matches what Apple is doing with notifications.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
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Joel Feder, The Drive, 4 Mar. 2026
Click Safari on the menu bar and click Settings.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
And if a person taps an item in the menu bar at the top of the screen, the set of controls will enlarge to be more easily selectable with a finger.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
Press and hold the Option key and click on the Wi-Fi icon in the menu bar.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 21 Jan. 2026
This thin horizontal strip is the Mac menu bar.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Obviously, the other big catalogue that Disney+ advertises right on its menu bar is the Pixar collection.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2025
One of my long-standing annoyances with macOS was the lack of control over the menu bar.
—Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Other macOS menu bar items, when expanded, use a less translucent style that more closely matches what Apple is doing with notifications.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Menu bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/menu%20bar. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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