TermCraft conventionFoundational
Above the Fold
What you see before you scroll.
Definition
The area visible without scrolling, a term inherited from newspaper layout.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
In plain language
What you see before you scroll.
Example
Users do scroll, but content above the fold receives disproportionate attention, so priority still matters.
Continue from here
Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Deeper reading
The full entry behind this definition.
- Banner BlindnessPsychology
- Performance as User ExperienceUI foundation
- Visual HierarchyUI foundation
Nearby in the Atlas
Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.