About
A widget is a user interface object in a graphical user interface (GUI), such as a button or a scroll bar.
Widgets range:
- from simple objects that have one value or operation (e.g., check boxes and menu items),
- to complex (composite objects) that contain many managed sub-objects (e.g., trees and grids).
Widget is not for me a graphical control element or control. as said in wikipedia. (wiki/Widget_(GUI))
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Web Widget Role
Standalone
The following roles act as standalone user interface widgets or as part of larger, composite widgets.
- alert
- alertdialog
- button
- checkbox
- dialog
- gridcell
- link
- log
- marquee
- menuitem
- menuitemcheckbox
- menuitemradio
- option
- progressbar
- radio
- scrollbar
- slider
- spinbutton
- status
- tabpanel
- textbox
- timer
- tooltip
- treeitem
Composite
The following roles act as composite user interface widgets. These roles typically act as containers that manage other, contained widgets.
- combobox
- grid
- listbox
- menu
- menubar
- radiogroup
- tablist
- tree
- treegrid