# User Interface

Before you get to know Umbraco UI Builder, you need to become familiar with the Umbraco UI and a few of its concepts. This is because Umbraco UI Builder reuses these same concepts for constructing its UI.

![Sections, Trees, and Dashboards](https://2059272600-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fj6FmBruCSGbXJIJB2aRu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-ac15c165bd92fac953d9c299201632bbd1f9d268%2Fui_01.png?alt=media)

**1. Section** A distinct area of the Umbraco backoffice.**2. Tree** A hierarchical structure to help organize a section.\
**3. Dashboard** An intro screen for a section, usually with useful links for that section.

![List View](https://2059272600-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fj6FmBruCSGbXJIJB2aRu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-dd7e6610094c6c65e7f13f1722825aa46259822e%2Fui_02.png?alt=media)

**4. List View** A list-based view of items in a tree node.

![Editor](https://2059272600-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fj6FmBruCSGbXJIJB2aRu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b7024f5a0ad4711d46a67ccfc7ccb3c1b8f20017%2Fui_03.png?alt=media)

**5. Editor** The main content editing area is made up of tabs, fieldsets, and fields.

![Context Apps and Tabs](https://2059272600-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fj6FmBruCSGbXJIJB2aRu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-9eeddc5c48f76e093e186508bf0d9530ac2cd50b%2Fui_06.png?alt=media)

**6. Context Apps** A contextual section of a given editor UI.**7. Tabs** A tabbed container of content.

![Menu Item](https://2059272600-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fj6FmBruCSGbXJIJB2aRu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-c22e7b82fe1d696a580882cff1091540c7baad2e%2Fui_04.png?alt=media)

**8. Menu Item** A context menu item + action.

![Bulk Action](https://2059272600-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fj6FmBruCSGbXJIJB2aRu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-54552b1c2cf027c599bb6dd15d7cf3bf855eace9%2Fui_05.png?alt=media)

**9. Bulk Action** An action to perform on multiple list view items at once.


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