A desktop context menu in GNOME which can be customized

A context menu ( also called contextual, shortcut, and popup or pop-up menu ) is a menu in a graphical user interface ( GUI ) that appears upon user interaction, such as a right-click mouse operation.

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.

* On a computer running Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, or Unix running the X Window System, clicking the secondary mouse button ( usually the right button ) opens a context menu for the region that is under the mouse pointer.

* In Microsoft Windows, pressing the Application key or Shift + F10 opens a context menu for the region that has focus.

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.

The following window managers provide context menu functionality:

If the context menu is being triggered by keyboard, such as by using Shift + F10, the context menu appears instead near the focused widget instead of the position of the pointer, to save recognition efforts.

Microsoft's guidelines call for always using the term context menu, and explicitly deprecate shortcut menu.

In the Principles and Parameters Framework, which has dominated generative syntax since Chomsky's ( 1980 ) Lectures on Government and Binding: The Pisa Lectures, the acquisition of syntax resembles ordering from a menu: The human brain comes equipped with a limited set of choices, from which the child selects the correct options using her parents ' speech, in combination with the context.

In computer interface design, a pie menu ( also known as a radial menu ) is a circular context menu where selection depends on direction.

As a kind of context menu, pie menus are often context-sensitive, showing different options depending on what the pointer was pointing at when the menu was requested.

In 1986, Mike Gallaher and Don Hopkins together arrived independently to the concept of a context menu based on the angle to the origin where the exact angle and radius could be passed as parameters to a command, or the radius could be used to trigger a submenu.

In this context, Brown and Ishida's translation of Gukanshō offers an explanation about the years of Empress Jitō's reign which muddies a sense of easy clarity in the pre-Taiho time-frame:

In this context, Brown and Ishida's translation of Gukanshō offers an explanation about the years of Empress Jitō's reign which muddies a sense of easy clarity in the pre-Taiho time-frame:

In this context, Brown and Ishida's translation of Gukanshō offers an explanation about the years of Empress Jitō's reign which muddies a sense of easy clarity in the pre-Taiho time-frame:

In this context, Brown and Ishida's translation of Gukanshō offers an explanation about the years of Empress Jitō's reign which muddies a sense of easy clarity in the pre-Taiho time-frame:

In this context, DIY is related to the Arts and Crafts movement, in that it offers an alternative to modern consumer culture's emphasis on relying on others to satisfy needs.

In using this approach, HPSR offers insight in to health systems by generating a complex understanding of context in order to enhance health policy learning.

* BIMA offers intensive opportunities to deepen skills in music, painting, creative writing and theater within a Jewish context.

The context of conversation based on moral reasoning offers some proper observations on the responsibilities of parents.

This translation sets the hymns in their context of Greek folklore, culture and geography, and offers parallels with Near Eastern texts.

An analogous meaning is implied when the word is used in a commercial context, where scalability of a company implies that the underlying business model offers the potential for economic growth within the company.

* The Logtalk framework for Prolog offers a means to explore reification in the context of logic programming.

Stephen Kleene ( 1952 ) ( p. 227 ) offers up the same definition in the context of the primitive recursive functions as a function φ of a predicate P, takes on values 0 if the predicate is true and 1 if the predicate is false.

* Family and Community Partnerships Head Start offers parents opportunities and support as they identify and meet their own goals, nurture their children in the context of their family and culture, and advocate for communities that support children and families of all cultures.

" While it may be possible for adult learners to gain knowledge and apply theories presented in other learning environments to what they experience in a real-world setting, situated learning offers an opportunity to work with others in considering how to best apply new concepts related to the specific context of their practice.

The Cotton Club is a movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which offers a fictionalized history of the club in the context of race relations in the 1930s and the battles between Madden, Dutch Schultz, Vincent " Mad Dog " Coll, Lucky Luciano, and Ellsworth " Bumpy " Johnson.

CCS offers the following advantages over CAS, in the context of the PSTN:

In it, Aristotle offers an account of what he calls " poetry " ( a term which in Greek literally means " making " and in this context includes drama — comedy, tragedy, and the satyr play — as well as lyric poetry, epic poetry, and the dithyramb ).

His text for The Times Square Gym ( 1996 ) enhances John Goodman's photographs of prizefighters, and his introduction to Garden of Dreams: Madison Square Garden ( 2004 ) offers a context for the sports photography of George Kalinski.

In the context of sociobiology, which holds that some behavior can be influenced by genes and therefore can evolve by natural selection, Hamilton proposed that inclusive fitness offers a mechanism for the evolution of altruism.

Instead, he offers an alternative view, " contextual practice ," in which the notion of what is " best " will vary with the context.

In the context of telephony, a telephone line ( the system ) typically offers a set of features that include call forwarding and call waiting.

In addition, RGS-ICYL offers opportunities for fellow youth leaders to be ambassadors of their respective countries in the context of an exchange of ideas across cultures.

The industrial working population which comprises the overwhelming majority of human populations anywhere in the world, in a wider context unwittingly there must be at least seen, essentially a systematic position however clandestinely operated, without disruption taking place of economic productivity and activity which still has to take place in a smooth, transitory and unfussy way this then takes on a new meaning Foucault offers us a chilling reminder of those who take part, through no fault of their own, in this involuntary naive complicity he introduces to us the concept of Homo economicus ( economic man )

We are already committed to establishing man's supremacy over nature and everywhere on earth, not merely in the limited social-political-economical context we are fond of today.

However, there is limited evidence that mistletoe's effects on the immune system help the body fight cancer .... At present, the use of mistletoe cannot be recommended outside the context of well-designed clinical trials.

* Joe Marek chronology — Joe Marek's chronology is limited to stories written ( or devised ) by Howard, though within that context it is essentially a revision of the Miller / Clark tradition to better reflect the internal evidence of the stories and avoid forcing Conan into what he perceives as a " mad dash " around the Hyborian world within timeframes too rapid to be credible.

* Poor planning: Initiatives can easily fail when efforts are limited to choosing and deploying software, without an accompanying rationale, context, and support for the workforce.

Conversely, the vast majority of early attempts at proper excavation techniques failed to accurately measure or record stratigraphy, thereby failing to provide a secure context for artefact finds making interpretations extremely limited in scope.

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 ).

Another opinion is that the choice was free in a limited context, thus: although the Jews chose to follow precepts ordained by God, the Kabbalah and Tanya teach that even prior to creation, the " Jewish soul " was already chosen.

However, monarchs heading empires have not always used the title — the British sovereign did not assume the title until the incorporation of India into the British Empire, and even then used it only in a limited context.

Derived from Greek oikoumenikos (), " ecumenical " means " worldwide " but generally is assumed to be limited to the Roman Empire in this context as in Augustus ' claim to be ruler of the oikoumene / world ; the earliest extant uses of the term for a council are Eusebius ' Life of Constantine 3. 6 around 338, which states "" ( he convoked an Ecumenical Council ); Athanasius ' Ad Afros Epistola Synodica in 369 ;< ref >

However, in this context it becomes inaccurate when the diffusion constant is low and the radiation becomes limited by the speed of light rather than by the resistance of the material the radiation is flowing through.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995, pp. 77 – 88, limited preview online, discussion of the Lupercalia in the context of myth and ritual.

Input in the linguistic context is defined as " All words, contexts, and other forms of language to which a learner is exposed, relative to acquired proficiency in first or second languages " Nativists find it difficult to believe, considering the hugely complex nature of human languages, and the relatively limited cognitive abilities of an infant, that infants are able to acquire most aspects of language without being explicitly taught.

Within the overall divine purpose of family life, he fully accepted the rhythm method as a moral form of family planning, although only limited circumstances, within the context of family.

The Court has not indicated, however, whether this holding extends to the public school context, and it may well be limited to the context of individuals training to enter the ministry.

According to Dr. Kesia Reeve, who specializes in housing research, " in the context of adverse housing circumstances, limited housing opportunity and frustrated expectations, squatters effectively remove themselves from and defy the norms of traditional channels of housing consumption and tenure power relations, bypassing the ' rules ' of welfare provision.

Despite its elegance, Montague grammar was limited by the context-dependent variability in word sense, and led to several attempts at incorporating context, such as:

When a person reads it's usually in a context that has been previously prepared, but when a person uses spontaneous speech, it is difficult to recognize the speech because of the disfluences ( like " uh " and " um ", false starts, incomplete sentences, stuttering, coughing, and laughter ) and limited vocabulary.

Within the limited context of sailboat racing, a yacht is any sailing vessel taking part in a race, regardless of size.

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit (" drum set " or " trap set ", including but not limited to cymbals ) and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and / or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a wide assortment of musical genres.