NameThat
namethatui.com- Category
- Developer Tools
- Rank
- No. 1251Tools index
Previous survey · No. 1246 ·
- Pricing
- Free
- Type
- APP
- Use case
- Research & Education · Coding
- Interfaces
- Web
- Builder
- @argofowl
- Date
About
NameThat is a visual dictionary of UI elements that helps you learn the real names and API symbols for common interface components. Describe what you see in plain English — like 'the gray text inside the box that disappears when you type' — and get the correct technical term plus a precise prompt for your coding agent. Especially useful for designers and developers working across AppKit and SwiftUI on Mac.
What it does
According to its homepage, the site organizes over 70 named interface elements into macOS and web categories, offers guides comparing AppKit versus SwiftUI and Swift versus Electron, and lets visitors double-press any word for a plain-English definition.
Stated on the product site
- Content scope
- The homepage counts 76 total elements in its catalog, with 32 tagged macOS and 44 tagged web.
- Monetization
- The site offers three founding sponsor slots that place a sponsor's name on every page.
- Reference feature
- It includes a searchable translation table mapping plain names to AppKit and SwiftUI symbols for over 60 elements.
- Definitions feature
- Double-pressing any word on the site opens a plain-English definition of it.
- Guides
- The site publishes guides, such as one on AppKit versus SwiftUI, framed as decisions to make before naming an element.
Not stated on the site
- The page does not disclose whether using the lookup tool itself carries a price beyond the sponsor slots.
- It is not established how or by whom the element names and definitions are curated or verified.
- The page does not explain how the generated 'prompt for your coding agent' output is formatted or what it contains beyond the element name.
Written from the product site at namethatui.com.
What it can do
Identify the correct technical name for a UI element
Plain English description of a visual interface component → Official technical term for the UI element
Look up API symbols for UI components
Plain English description or name of a UI element → Precise API symbol or identifier for AppKit or SwiftUI
Generate coding agent prompts for UI implementation
Plain English description of a UI element → Precise, ready-to-use prompt for a coding agent
Translate visual UI descriptions into developer terminology
Informal or designer-language description of an interface component → Standardized developer vocabulary and nomenclature
Browse a visual dictionary of UI elements
User browsing or searching interface components → Visual reference entries showing UI elements with their names and API details
Cross-reference UI components across AppKit and SwiftUI
A UI element or component name → Corresponding AppKit and SwiftUI equivalents and symbols
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