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snackbar

snackbar noun: a temporary banner informing the user of some action which happened or is about to happen, less interactive than a standard window and more interactive than a toast overlay. Also the alternative form of snack bar.

Noun

snackbar (plural snackbars)

  1. A temporary banner informing the user of some action which happened or is about to happen, less interactive than a standard window and more interactive than a toast overlay
    • Users can now look forward to seeing a snackbar open up each time a download completes.2015 September 24, Cody Toombs, “Chrome Dev For Android Now Shows A Snackbar For Completed Downloads”, in Android Police
    • Chrome Dev. on Google's own Android platform received a new update where users would be able to see a snackbar when downloads complete.2015 September 25, Taha Qureshi, “Android Chrome Dev. Shows A 'Snackbar' When Downloads Complete”, in Tech News Today

Also used as

snackbar is also the alternative form of snack bar.

Examples of snackbar in a sentence

  • Chrome 47 for Android now shows a snackbar at the bottom of the screen whenever a download has been completed.2015 December 4, “Google Chrome 47 for Android Brings Download 'Snackbar' and More”, in NDTV:
  • A Snackbar generally slides up from the bottom, while a Toast usually fades into the center of the screen.2019, Shaun Lewis, Mike Dunn, Native Mobile Development: A Cross-Reference for iOS and Android, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 165:

Forms of snackbar

pluralsnackbars

Origin of snackbar

From snack + bar.

Words formed from snackbar

Phrases with snackbar

Questions about snackbar

What does snackbar mean?
Snackbar means a temporary banner informing the user of some action which happened or is about to happen, less interactive than a standard window and more interactive than a toast overlay.
How do you use snackbar in a sentence?
Chrome 47 for Android now shows a snackbar at the bottom of the screen whenever a download has been completed.
What part of speech is snackbar?
Snackbar is a noun.
What is the plural of snackbar?
The plural of snackbar is snackbars.

Words near snackbar in the dictionary

  1. snackables
  2. snackadium
  3. snackadiums
  4. snackage
  5. snackalicious
  6. snackbar
  7. snackbars
  8. snackcident
  9. snackcidents
  10. snacked
  11. snacked down on

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