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# Action Bar

The action bar is displayed below the Page Tabs and provides access to the actions available for the current page, view, or selected entity. It contains a set of buttons that you can select to perform operations, open wizards, apply page-specific actions, or access additional options.

![Diagram representing the Action Bar UI element in Critical Manufacturing MES](../images/action_bar_layout.png)

The action bar includes the following components:

- **Action Button**: individual clickable controls that run a specific action;
- **Action Button Group**: a group of Action Buttons presented in a dropdown style, with related actions organized under a single button;
- **More**: a button that groups secondary actions or actions that do not fit in the available space.

![Screenshot explanation of the different Action Bar elements in Critical Manufacturing MES](../images/action_buttons_bar.png)

!!! info
    The Action Button and the Action Button Group can also be used in UI Pages to perform actions on the widget content. For more information, see [[user-guide-uipage-widgets-button#adding-action-buttons-to-a-ui-page| Adding Actions Buttons to a UI Page]].