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Scratch was created by
Mitchel Resnick at the
MIT Media Lab in 2007.
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COMPONENTS OF SCRATCH WINDOW
Let us learn about the components of scratch window.
Title Bar
Menu Bar
Tabs Go Button Stop Button
Stage Area
Backdrop
Script
Block
Menu Sprite
Coding Area
Sprites Info Pane
Title Bar: It is at the top of the Scratch window. It shows the program name and
version written on the left. The right side of the toolbar has the three control
buttons— Minimize, Maximize and Close.
Menu Bar: It contains menus and commands related to the projects that you
create in Scratch. The menu items are File, Edit, Tutorials and name of the
Scratch project.
Stage Area: It is similar to a stage in a play where everything takes place. You
can watch stories, play games and run your scratch projects on the stage.
Sprite: It is the actor who acts on the stage. Sprite is an object in Scratch that performs
various functions on stage area. The default sprite in Scratch is an orange cat.
Go Button: It is the Green flag and when you click on it, it runs a Scratch
program.
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