button bar

noun

: a collection of buttons (see button entry 1 sense 3d) on a computer screen arranged in a single strip or block

This is the part that's not very obvious: There is no visible button to attach a photo. In the body of the email message, you need to touch the screen where you want to insert the photo. If you hold your finger on the screen for more than one second, you should see a black button bar appear.

—Jim Rossman

Examples of button bar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The new navigation system saves a ton of space, with only a transparent gesture bar at the bottom of the screen, just like on an iPhone X. Three functions do not quite cover all of the functionality of the old three-button bar, however. —Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 10 July 2019

Gone is the traditional three-button bar on the bottom of your phone. —Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 8 May 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1989, in the meaning defined above