Floating palette

A floating palette is a window-like user interface element that "floats" in front of windows of files or documents being edited by a user. They typically contain a variety of tools or settings.
==Types==
*Inspector: A palette in which the displayed information changes based on the user's selection of elements in a document.
*Navigator: A palette in which shows a thumbnail of the entire document of which only part may be displayed in the main window.Palette Windows, Fritzing. Accessed 2022-04-29.
==History==
MacPaint 2.0 is an early example of a Macintosh application that used floating palettes, which could be "torn off" from the menu bar.MacPaint FAQ by Daniel Knight, Low End Mac. 2014-03-16.
==References==
==External links==
*What Are Floating Palettes? by Marc Zeedar at DesignWrite (1999-10-02)
* at Wikipedia
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