Another example, The toolbar configuration options in Mac OS X. The term context menu (or shortcut menu) is commonly used for menus which pop up when clicking an item in a graphical user interface, offering a list of options which vary depending on the context of the action, the application running, and the item selected. These menus are typically invoked with a secondary mouse button (usually the right-hand button) on a computer running an operating system such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X or Unix running the X Window System. Computers with a single-button mouse may use a keyboard-click combination, as with a Control-click in the Macintosh OS. PC keyboards with Microsoft Windows keys also have an additional menu key that opens context menus in MS Windows applications. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
A word processor (also more formally known as a document preparation system) is a computer application used for the production (including composition, editing, formatting, and possibly printing) of any sort of viewable or printed material. ...
Microsoft Office Word is Microsofts flagship word processing software. ...
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A graphical user interface (GUI) is a type of user interface which allows people to interact with a computer and computer-controlled devices which employ graphical icons, visual indicators or special graphical elements called widgets, along with text labels or text navigation to represent the information and actions available to...
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Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ...
Mac OS X (official IPA pronunciation: ) is a line of proprietary, graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ...
Filiation of Unix and Unix-like systems Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX®) is a computer operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. ...
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A Windows key on a black laptop keyboard The Windows key or Windows logo key (in short WinKey, or rarely Flag key) is a keyboard key originally introduced for the Windows 95 operating system. ...
Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ...
Context menus first appeared in the Smalltalk environment on the Xerox Alto computer, where they were called pop-up menus. The NEXTSTEP operating system further developed the idea, incorporating a feature whereby the right or middle mouse button brought the main menu (which was vertical and automatically changed depending on context) to the location of the mouse, thereby eliminating the need to move the mouse pointer all the way across the large (for the time) NextStep screen. For other uses, see Small Talk (disambiguation). ...
A Xerox Alto Computer System The Xerox Alto, developed at Xerox PARC in 1973, was the first personal computer and the first computer to use the desktop metaphor and graphical user interface (GUI). ...
NEXTSTEP is the original object-oriented, multitasking operating system that NeXT Computer, Inc. ...
Context menus are sometimes hierarchically organized, allowing navigation through different levels of the menu structure. The implementations differ: Microsoft Word was one of the first applications to only show sub-entries of some menu entries after clicking an arrow icon on the context menu, otherwise executing an action associated with the parent entry. This makes it possible to quickly repeat an action with the parameters of the previous execution, and to better separate options from actions. Microsoft Office Word is Microsofts flagship word processing software. ...
Context menus have received some criticism from usability analysts when improperly used, as some applications make certain features only available in context menus, which may confuse even experienced users (especially when the context menus can only be activated in a limited area of the application's client window).
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| Elements of graphical user interfaces | | About box · Accordion · Balloon help · Button · Combo box · Combutcon · Context menu · Check box · Dialog box · Disclosure widget · Drop-down list · File dialog · Grid view · Icon · Label · List box · Menu · Menu bar · Pie menu · Progress bar · Radio button · Ribbon · Scrollbar · Sidebar · Slider · Spinner · Status bar · Tab · Text box · Toolbar · Tooltip · Tree view · Widget Graphical user interfaces, also known as GUIs make it easier for people with little computer skills to work with and use computer software. ...
An about box or about dialog is a dialog box that displays the credits of a computer software. ...
An accordion is a graphical user interface widget in which several sections of a document can be expanded or collapsed, displaying one at a time. ...
Balloon help was a tooltips-type help system introduced by Apple Computer in their System 7 operating system release. ...
In computing, a button (sometimes known as a command button or push button) is a widget that provides the user a simple way to trigger an event, like searching for a query at a search engine, or to interact with dialog boxes, like confirming his actions. ...
A combo box in the Macintosh Finder A combo box is a user interface control GUI element. ...
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Checkboxes in Mac OS X. In computing, a check box is a graphical user interface element (widget) that indicates a two-way choice or state (true/false) which can be edited by the user. ...
Example of dialog box from Microsoft Windows Dialog boxes are special windows which are used by computer programs or by the operating system to display information to the user, or to get a response if needed. ...
Disclosure widget in the GNOME file dialog. ...
A drop-down list, in the normal inactive state The same drop-down list when activated A Drop-down list is a user interface control GUI element similar to a list box which allows the user to choose one value from a list. ...
In computing, a File dialog (Also called File Selector/Chooser, or open and save dialog) is a dialog box that allows users to choose a file from the file system. ...
NSTableView is the Mac OS X version of grid view A grid view or a datagrid is a graphical user interface element (widget) that presents a tabular view of data. ...
Nuvola icons for KDE are available in PNG format, which come in six sizes, and SVG format, which is scalable On computer displays, a computer icon is a small pictogram. ...
A label is a user interface control which displays text on a form. ...
A listbox on the Mac OS X operating system A list box is a GUI widget that allows the user to select one or more items from a list contained within a static, multiple line text box. ...
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A pie menu. ...
The default Windows XP (Luna theme) display of a determinate progress bar Example of indeterminate progress bar when searching in Windows XP (Energy blue theme) Image:Progbarr. ...
A group of radio buttons, with one choice selected, in Windows XP A pair of radio buttons in Apples Mac OS X A radio button is a type of graphical user interface widget that allows the user to choose one of a predefined set of options. ...
The ribbon is a graphical user interface widget composed of a strip across the top of the window that exposes all functions the program can perform in a single place, with additional ribbons appearing based on the context of the data. ...
A scrollbar, or slider, is a graphical widget in a GUI with which continuous text, pictures or anything else can be scrolled including time in video applications, i. ...
The sidebar is a term that is used for a GUI element that displays various forms of information to the side of an application or desktop user interface. ...
A slider is a graphical widget in a GUI with which a user may set a value by moving an indicator, usually in a horizontal fashion. ...
A spinner is a graphical widget in a GUI,typically oriented vertically, with which a user may adjust a value in an adjoining text box by either clicking on a up or down arrow, or by holding the arrow down, causing the value in the text box to increase (if...
An example of a status bar A status bar is a component (widget) often found at the bottom of windows in a graphical user interface. ...
A tab in graphical user interfaces is a typically rectangular small box (usually containing a text label and/or an icon) associated graphically with a view pane. ...
A text box is a common element of graphical user interface of computer programs, as well as the corresponding type of widget used when programming GUIs. ...
An early toolbar on a Xerox Alto Computer In a graphical user interface on a computer monitor a toolbar is a row, column, or block of onscreen buttons or icons that, when clicked, activate certain functions of the program. ...
The tooltip is a common graphical user interface element. ...
List view in Mac OS X in an example of an outline view. ...
Various widgets. ...
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External links - How to remove undesirable context menus on Microsoft Windows
- Remove items from the right-click menu
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