{"id":1604,"date":"2022-03-29T05:12:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T09:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2022-03-29T05:12:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T09:12:56","slug":"what-is-website-address-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/what-is-website-address-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Website Address Bar? 3 Basic Elements Of Address Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may hear the term &#8220;<strong>website address bar<\/strong>&#8221; several times, but do you really know <strong>what is website address bar?<\/strong> If you&#8217;re a computer geek, you probably know what I&#8217;m talking about, but the majority of folks don&#8217;t.\u00a0An <strong>address bar is more than<\/strong> simply what you see when you <strong>visit a specific website<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In this post, we&#8217;ll look at <strong>what is website address bar<\/strong> is and some &#8220;<strong>surprising facts<\/strong>&#8221; that you missed untill today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_61 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/what-is-website-address-bar\/#What_Is_Website_Address_Bar_What_does_mean_address_bar\" title=\"What Is Website Address Bar? What does mean address bar?\">What Is Website Address Bar? What does mean address bar?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/what-is-website-address-bar\/#Structure_and_Elements_Of_Website_Address_Bar\" title=\"Structure and Elements Of Website Address Bar\">Structure and Elements Of Website Address Bar<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/what-is-website-address-bar\/#Scheme\" title=\"Scheme\">Scheme<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/what-is-website-address-bar\/#Domain\" title=\"Domain\">Domain<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/what-is-website-address-bar\/#File_Path\" title=\"File Path\">File Path<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/what-is-website-address-bar\/#How_To_Access_Website_Address_Bar\" title=\"How To Access Website Address Bar?\">How To Access Website Address Bar?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/what-is-website-address-bar\/#How_Website_Address_Bar_Different_From_Search_Bar_Address_bar_Vs_Search_bar\" title=\"How Website Address Bar Different From Search Bar? Address bar Vs Search bar\">How Website Address Bar Different From Search Bar? Address bar Vs Search bar<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/what-is-website-address-bar\/#Final_Thoughts\" title=\"Final Thoughts\">Final Thoughts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Is_Website_Address_Bar_What_does_mean_address_bar\"><\/span><strong>What Is Website Address Bar? What does mean address bar?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1605\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-095739.jpg\" alt=\"What Is Website Address Bar\" width=\"1320\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-095739.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-095739-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-095739-1024x352.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-095739-768x264.jpg 768w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-095739-20x7.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In simple terms, the <strong>website address bar<\/strong> is the URL (<strong>Unique Resource Locator<\/strong>) of a web page, starting <strong>with http:\/\/<\/strong> that appears at the top of the page. The web address bar is always located at the top of the website, <strong>just well below tabs<\/strong>, regardless of the browser or device being used.<\/p>\n<p>The phrase <strong>http:\/\/ or https:\/\/<\/strong> tells the browser that a particular <strong>web page is written in the HTML (HyperText Markup Language)<\/strong>. HTML is the markup language that defines how a web address and its content are structured. Other than just locating web addresses, users can also type <strong>URLs<\/strong> and access a specific web page.<\/p>\n<p>The address bar facilitates surfing by letting users type in an <strong>Internet Protocol address<\/strong> or a site&#8217;s uniform resource locator. Note that the <strong>address bar<\/strong> is not the same as the URL in the sense that a URL is stored in the address bar. Also, Learn <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-does-a-website-work\/\">how does a website work? A complete guide<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Structure_and_Elements_Of_Website_Address_Bar\"><\/span><strong>Structure and Elements Of Website Address Bar<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To fully understand what is website address bar, you should look at the structure of the URL. <strong>The address bar<\/strong> is just the text box at the beginning of an internet browser&#8217;s graphical user interface (GUI) that <strong>represents the actual web page&#8217;s title or URL<\/strong>. Web address comprised of <strong>numerous elements<\/strong> as I discussed below.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Scheme\"><\/span><strong>Scheme<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1607 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-114735.jpg\" alt=\"What Is Website Address Bar\" width=\"238\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-114735.jpg 238w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-114735-20x8.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each web address starts with a scheme <strong>http:\/\/ or https:\/\/<\/strong> which tells the browser what type of address it is. Usually, the web address won&#8217;t display the scheme and begins with the <strong>domain directly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For example &#8211;<\/strong> When you open the link <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-use-adobe-fonts-on-website-step-by-step-guide\/<\/em><\/span> it actually looks like <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">basicwebguide.com\/how-to-use-adobe-fonts-on-website-step-by-step-guide\/<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/<\/span><\/em> stay hidden but always part of the URL.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Domain\"><\/span><strong>Domain<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1608\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-121101.jpg\" alt=\"what is web address\" width=\"412\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-121101.jpg 412w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-121101-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-121101-20x7.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The domain, often known as the <strong>domain name<\/strong>, is the most significant part of a <strong>website address<\/strong> and the true identity of a website. In this example, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>basicwebguide.com<\/em><\/span> is the domain of the whole web address. It is sometimes available with <strong>www and without www<\/strong>. A website could have tons of web pages but have only a single domain.<\/p>\n<p>As I said domain is the real identity of a website, https:\/\/, www, etc. are not actually matter from the perspective of users. The recognition of the website is with the <strong>domain name<\/strong> only like ours basicwebguide.com where basicwebguide is the <strong>name of a website<\/strong> while .com is a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Top-level_domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top-level domain (TLD)<\/a>. Other TLD domains are .net, .gov, .org, .int, etc.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"File_Path\"><\/span><strong>File Path<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1611\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-130055.jpg\" alt=\"what is website address bar\" width=\"1018\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-130055.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-130055-300x53.jpg 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-130055-768x137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-130055-20x4.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A website and web address<\/strong> are empty without a file path. It specifies the browser which webpage is to be open on the browser. Every <strong>web page has a specific file path address<\/strong> and each word is separated with a &#8220;<strong>hyphen<\/strong>&#8221; which is not a file path property but is used by programming languages.<\/p>\n<p>When you <strong>open a web page<\/strong> without a file path, you are actually opening the <strong>homepage<\/strong> of a <strong>particular site<\/strong> because a homepage doesn&#8217;t have a file path.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Access_Website_Address_Bar\"><\/span><strong>How To Access Website Address Bar?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Although you can directly move the mouse and <strong>take the cursor to the web address<\/strong> or <strong>URL of the website<\/strong>. Yet in many instances, you may not willing to use a mouse, or probably you may want to learn different techniques for using the <strong>website address bar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1613\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/landscape-1457647303-gettyimages-480811781.jpg\" alt=\"web address knowledge\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/landscape-1457647303-gettyimages-480811781.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/landscape-1457647303-gettyimages-480811781-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/landscape-1457647303-gettyimages-480811781-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/landscape-1457647303-gettyimages-480811781-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/landscape-1457647303-gettyimages-480811781-20x10.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then there are <strong>alternate ways<\/strong> to handle the address bar; Keyboard shortcuts. In <strong>Windows<\/strong>, you can use the keyboard shortcut <strong>CTRL+L or CTRL+D<\/strong> which head you to the address bar of a particular website. In <strong>Linux<\/strong>, by performing <strong>COMMAND+L<\/strong>, you can access the web address and edit or overwrite it if required.<\/p>\n<p>To open a completely new and empty address bar on the same page then perform <strong>CTRL+E<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Website_Address_Bar_Different_From_Search_Bar_Address_bar_Vs_Search_bar\"><\/span><strong>How Website Address Bar Different From Search Bar? Address bar Vs Search bar<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1616\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-172202.jpg\" alt=\"How Website Address Bar Different From Search Bar\" width=\"1639\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-172202.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-172202-300x49.jpg 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-172202-1024x166.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-172202-768x124.jpg 768w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-172202-1536x248.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-27-172202-20x3.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1639px) 100vw, 1639px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Both the terms are looks quite similar and extensively <strong>used as an interchangeable entity.<\/strong> You quite often listened to &#8220;<strong>open the search bar<\/strong>&#8221; instead of &#8220;<strong>open the address bar<\/strong>&#8221; but technically both are completely different terms.<\/p>\n<p>A<strong> search bar<\/strong> is a typical <strong>searching tool<\/strong> that can be used for a website, webpage, or any document. We generally use <strong>CTRL+F<\/strong> and <strong>COMMAND+F<\/strong> to activate the search bar.<\/p>\n<p>It helps us to <strong>find any specific term,<\/strong> item, or text where we are searching in. The address bar, on the other hand, cannot be used for <strong>multiple purposes<\/strong> and has only single intent: to store or <strong>locate the URL<\/strong> of any webpage. I already discussed above what is website address bar and how it works.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Final_Thoughts\"><\/span><strong>Final Thoughts<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is all about <strong>what is website address bar<\/strong>, what are the elements of an address bar, and how it differs from the search bar. We also discuss the methods of accessing the address bar with the keyboard shortcuts in Windows and Mac Os.<\/p>\n<p>Next time, when you <strong>visit a website or any webpage<\/strong>, try to comprehend the address bar and analyze the different elements of the entire URL as we explained in this tutorial.<\/p>\n<p>A website could have <strong>more than 3 elements<\/strong> that we discussed here but the primary elements are only these three; scheme, domain, and file path. I hope this guide is interesting to you and you have learned something new.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may hear the term &#8220;website address bar&#8221; several times, but do you really know what is website address bar? If you&#8217;re a computer geek, you probably know what I&#8217;m talking about, but the majority of folks don&#8217;t.\u00a0An address bar is more than simply what you see when you visit a specific website. 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