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

Recent Examples on the Web Users who want to open unsigned software will now need to go the long way around to do it: first, try to launch the app and dismiss the dialog box telling you that it can't be opened. —

Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2024 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. —

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 See all Example Sentences for dialog box

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