Contextual Menus

E220234

Contextual Menus are right-click or modifier-click pop-up menus that provide quick access to commands relevant to the item or area currently selected on the screen.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Contextual Menus canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Graphical user interface component ⓘ
User interface element ⓘ
accessibilityConcern May be hard to discover for novice users ⓘ
Requires alternative triggers for keyboard-only users ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Context menus ⓘ
Pop-up menus ⓘ
Right-click menus ⓘ
appearsAs Pop-up menu near the pointer or selection ⓘ
contextSensitive True ⓘ
dependsOn Current application state ⓘ
Type of object under the pointer ⓘ
User selection ⓘ
designPrinciple Context awareness ⓘ
Minimize pointer travel ⓘ
Progressive disclosure of commands ⓘ
goal Expose relevant actions in place ⓘ
Improve efficiency of user interactions ⓘ
Reduce need to navigate main menus ⓘ
mayContain Icons ⓘ
Keyboard shortcuts labels ⓘ
Submenus ⓘ
platformSupport Android ⓘ
Linux desktop environments ⓘ
Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to: Windows

iOS ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
provides Commands relevant to current selection ⓘ
Quick access to commands ⓘ
relatedConcept Gesture-based commands ⓘ
Primary menus ⓘ
Toolbar commands ⓘ
scope Area currently selected on the screen ⓘ
Item currently selected on the screen ⓘ
triggeredBy Keyboard shortcut ⓘ
Long-press ⓘ
Modifier-click ⓘ
Right-click ⓘ
typicalCommands Copy ⓘ
Cut ⓘ
Delete ⓘ
Open ⓘ
Paste ⓘ
Properties ⓘ
Rename ⓘ
usedIn Desktop applications ⓘ
Desktop operating systems ⓘ
File managers ⓘ
Mobile operating systems ⓘ
Text editors ⓘ
Web applications ⓘ
Web browsers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mac OS 8 → includesComponent → Contextual Menus ⓘ