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A `!panel`! is "a particular arrangement of information grouped together for presentation to users in a window or pop-up".`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f] In `F33f`_`[ISPF`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISPF]`_`f, a panel is "a predefined display image that you see on a display screen".`:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f] In modern `F33f`_`[multiple-document interface`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Multiple-document_interface]`_`f software a panel refers to a particular arrangement of information grouped together and presented to users `*docked`* (`*by default)`* in the user interface rather than floating in a window, pop-up or `F33f`_`[dialog box`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Dialog_box]`_`f.

A panel `F33f`_`[graphical control element`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Graphical_control_element]`_`f is commonly packaged as part of a `F33f`_`[widget toolkit`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Widget_toolkit]`_`f (libraries that contain a collection of graphical control elements) for a `F33f`_`[graphical user interface`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Graphical_user_interface]`_`f. See `F33f`_`[toolbar`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Toolbar]`_`f and `F33f`_`[dialog box`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Dialog_box]`_`f.

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>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f `:citerefibm-corporation1992`aIBM Corporation (1992). `*CUA Basic Interface Design Guide`*.

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f `:citerefibm-corporation2011`aIBM Corporation (2011). `*Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) User's Guide Volume I`*.

>>See also

• `F33f`_`[GNOME Panel`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=GNOME_Panel]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Kicker (KDE)`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Kicker_(KDE)]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Layout manager`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Layout_manager]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Control panel (computer)`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Control_panel_(computer)]`_`f

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