NameThat: A visual dictionary of UI elements

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NameThat — the visual dictionary of UI<br>What’s this called?<br>The visual dictionary of UI. See the element, learn its real name, and prompt your coding agent with precision. Double-press any word on the site for a plain-English definition.<br>Describe the thing…“pale background behind a menu bar icon”“the dark see-through layer behind a popup”“the gray text inside the box that disappears when you type”“the dot you drag to change the volume”“the text gets cut off with three dots”⌘K

Guides — the decisions before the names<br>AppKit vs SwiftUI<br>The same Mac element has two real names — which one to say in a prompt.<br>Swift vs Electron<br>Native app or web-in-a-shell — the first fork, and the vocabulary it decides.<br>The Translation Table<br>60+ elements: plain name → AppKit → SwiftUI, searchable.

Search<br>Describe the UI element you're thinking of

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