A URL bar, or location bar/address bar, is a widget in a web browser which indicates the URL of the webpage currently viewed. A new page can be viewed by typing its URL to the URL bar. A widget (or control) is an interface component that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box. ... An example of a web browser (Internet Explorer) showing the main Wikipedia web page. ... Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a technical, Web-related term used in two distinct meanings: in popular usage, it is a widespread synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)—many popular and technical texts will use the term URL when referring to URI; in strict technical usage, it is a subset... A webpage or web page is a page of the World Wide Web, usually in HTML/XHTML format (the file extensions are typically htm or html) and with hypertext links to enable navigation from one page or section to another. ...

In most browsers, the URL value can often be auto-completed, either by looking up similar URLs from the history or by using keyboard shortcut for URL completion. For websites which use favicon (a small icon that represents the website), there will also be a small icon in the URL bar. Autocomplete is a feature provided by many source code text editors, word processors, and web browsers. ... A keyboard shortcut (also known as an accelerator key, shortcut key, or hotkey) is one or a set of keyboard keys that, when pressed simultaneously, perform a predefined task. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... In Opera, favicons are displayed in all available tabs, the bookmarks menu, the address bar, and the Window menu. ...

The URL bar is also used, in some web browsers, to indicate the security status of the web page. Various colors and padlock icons show if the page is encrypted and how trustworthy the communication is.

°°==Comparison of address bars==

Firefox's address bar when visiting Wikipedia

Firefox's address bar when visiting Wikipedia secure

Opera's address bar when visiting Wikipedia

Opera's address bar when visiting visiting Wikipedia secure

Internet Explorer 7's address bar when visiting Wikipedia

Internet Explorer 7's address bar when visiting Wikipedia secure and displaying nonsecure items

Internet Explorer 7's address bar when visiting Wikipedia secure and not displaying nonsecure items

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External links

• Address bar
• The Internet Explorer 7 Security Status Bar