The subject matter described herein relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing an augmented scroll bar. In some examples, a system for utilizing an augmented scroll bar includes a processing unit, a memory accessed by the processing unit, and a scroll bar manager that is stored in memory and when executed by the processing unit is configured to display contents of a data file within a table layout of a display field. The scroll bar manager is further configured to display, within the display field, a scroll bar user interface element that includes a scrolling region and a view slider element that traverses the scrolling region, wherein the view slider element indicates a position of the table layout within a portion of the data file and the scrolling region graphically illustrates indicia corresponding to dynamic status information of data elements included in the data file.