Touch Bar

A feature at the top of the keyboard on some Mac computers. You can use familiar gestures—like tap, swipe, or slide—directly on the Touch Bar to adjust settings and perform tasks.

A keyboard with the Touch Bar across the top; Touch ID is located at the right end of the Touch Bar.

By default, the Touch Bar shows the Control Strip, which you can use to adjust settings like brightness and volume and use Siri. You can expand the Control Strip to access additional settings.

Other buttons on the Touch Bar vary by app or task. For example, when you open a playground in Swift Playgrounds, click the Run Options button, then touch the Run Options button in the Touch Bar, you see buttons for running code.

The Touch Bar with buttons from the Swift Playground app that include—from left to right—Run My Code, Step Through My Code, and Step Slowly.