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A context menu from OpenOffice.org Writer, appearing when the user right-clicks on a page elementGNOME context menu with icons
A context menu (also called contextual, shortcut, and pop up or pop-upmenu) is a menu in a graphical user interface (GUI) that appears upon user interaction, such as a right-click mouse operation. A context menu offers a limited set of choices that are available in the current state, or context, of the operating system or application to which the menu belongs. Usually the available choices are actions related to the selected object. From a technical point of view, such a context menu is a graphical control element.
A contextmenu (also called contextual, shortcut, and pop up or pop-up menu) is a menu in a graphical user interface (GUI) that appears upon user interaction...
program, which determines name resolution Context awareness, a complementary to location awareness Contextmenu, a menu in a graphical user interface that appears...
design, a pie menu or radial menu is a circular contextmenu where selection depends on direction. It is a graphical control element. A pie menu is made of...
portable and laptop keyboards. The key's primary function was to launch a contextmenu with the keyboard rather than with the usual right-mouse button. It was...
and time similar to iOS and iPadOS. The power buttons have become a contextmenu. Video-conferencing apps can overlay the presenter's webcam video on...
Start menu. Right-clicking on the Start button invokes a contextmenu. This menu in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 is called the Quick Link menu and...
Windows Server 2008 R2 support showing icons in the contextmenu and creating cascaded contextmenus with static verbs in submenus using the Registry instead...
also display a border around background windows. ContextMenu Some window managers provide a contextmenu that appears when an alternative click event is...
discontinued desktop application which integrates into File Explorer's contextmenu, under Send To > VirusTotal. The application also launches manually for...
A menu bar is a graphical control element which contains drop-down menus. The menu bar's purpose is to supply a common housing for window- or application-specific...
resides in the taskbar where all its functions can be accessed via the contextmenu. It can either be installed or can be run as a portable app. PicPick...
Initial release on Windows Holographic Experimental support for VP9 Contextmenu for navigation buttons Improved favorites management Improved download...
depend on the context or state in effect when the menu is invoked Pie menu – a circular contextmenu where selection depends on direction Menu bar – a graphical...
programs. Dock – the Option key causes the "Hide" and "Quit" menu items in the contextmenu of a Dock icon to switch to "Hide Others" and "Force Quit"....
flyout when hovering over files under the Recommended section on the Start menu New volume mixer experience in Quick Settings Re-introduced the ability to...
onwards); Contents Menu allowed users to access folders and files from a contextmenu without having to open their folders; Desktop Menu allowed users to...
information in the file properties dialogue (accessed from the File menu, contextmenu, or by typing alt-Enter, or alt-double-clicking.) It can be a built-in...
enabled from LibreOffice settings to make the option available in the View menu). LibreOffice has a feature similar to WordArt called Fontwork. LibreOffice...
new feature in iOS 13 called "contextmenus" shows related actions when you touch and hold an item. When the contextmenu is displayed, the background...
multiple sidebar.exe processes). New features for gadgets include: A contextmenu option on the desktop to access the Gadgets Gallery to add, display,...
web content to Google Drive through a browser action or through the contextmenu. While documents and images can be saved directly, webpages can be saved...
position the mouse cursor over a gallery option in the contextmenu, the rest of the contextmenu becomes transparent so that it does not obstruct preview...
the GNU General Public License. In Windows Explorer, besides showing contextmenu items for Git commands, TortoiseGit provides icon overlays that indicate...
performing terminal services, and so on There is an option (in a process's contextmenu) to verify a process in VirusTotal There is an option to display DLLs...
the items within the pull-down menu. When the user clicks elsewhere the content of the menu will disappear. A contextmenu is invisible until the user performs...
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