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<p>In the Symbian platform UI Control Framework, all UI elements (with a few

exceptions) are <keyword>controls</keyword>. A control is a rectangular area

of the screen that may respond to user input events. Buttons, menus, text

input boxes and application views displaying application-specific data are

all examples of controls. </p>

<p>All controls are implemented by deriving from the <codeph>CCoeControl</codeph> class.

Concrete implementations of controls are provided by a user interface library,

or by the application programmer. The control framework itself provides no

concrete controls. </p>