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title: "General User Interface Elements"
ms.custom: seo-lt-2019
ms.date: "01/19/2017"
ms.prod: sql
ms.prod_service: "sql-tools"
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ms.technology: ssms
ms.topic: conceptual
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  - "SQL Server Management Studio [SQL Server], user interface elements"
  - "user interface [SQL Server Management Studio]"
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# General User Interface Elements
[!INCLUDE[appliesto-ss-asdb-asdw-pdw-md](../includes/appliesto-ss-asdb-asdw-pdw-md.md)]
The **Editor**, the **Properties** window, and the **Toolbox** are some of the basic elements of [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../includes/msconame_md.md)] [!INCLUDE[ssManStudioFull](../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)].  
  
## In This Section  
[About Dialog Box](../ssms/about-dialog-box.md)  
Describes the dialog box that provides information about [!INCLUDE[ssManStudioFull](../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)] and about the computer that it is running on.  
  
[SQL Server Management Studio Web Browser](../ssms/sql-server-management-studio-web-browser.md)  
Describes how [!INCLUDE[ssManStudioFull](../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)] hosts a Web browser in a document window.  
  
[External Tools Dialog Box](../ssms/external-tools-dialog-box.md)  
Allows you to add tools to the **Tools** menu that are not part of [!INCLUDE[ssManStudioFull](../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)].  
  
[Properties Window (Management Studio)](../ssms/properties-window-management-studio.md)  
Allows you to view properties and events of selected objects that are located in editors and designers. Also allows you to edit and view the properties of files, projects, and solutions. Some properties can be edited in the Properties window.  
  
[Use the Toolbox](../ssms/use-the-toolbox.md)  
Explains how to manipulate and use the **Toolbox** to add controls to your project's designers. For example, you use the **Toolbox** to add steps to a Maintenance task.