A progress bar is a graphical control element used to visualize the progression of an extended computer operation, such as a download, file transfer, or installation. This tag is to be used when referring to computer operations. Questions about programing, developing or creating progress bars are off topic and should be asked at http://stackoverflow.com/.
A progress bar is a graphical control element used to visualize the progression of an extended computer operation, such as a download, file transfer, or installation. Sometimes, the graphic is accompanied by a textual representation of the progress in a percent format.
The concept of a progress bar was invented before digital computing. In 1896 Karol Adamiecki developed a chart which he called a harmonogram, which is better known today as a Gantt chart. Adamiecki did not publish his chart until 1931, however, and then only in Polish. The chart thus now bears the name of Henry Gantt (1861–1919), who designed his chart around the years 1910-1915 and popularized it in the west.
