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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Roland Radtke, Seattle, WA (US);
Aaron M. Butcher, Duvall, WA (US);
Jensen M. Harris, Kirkland, WA (US);
Catherine R. Morrow, Seattle, WA (US);
Jesse Clay Satterfield, Seattle, WA (US);
Roland Radtke, Seattle, WA (US);
Aaron M. Butcher, Duvall, WA (US);
Jensen M. Harris, Kirkland, WA (US);
Catherine R. Morrow, Seattle, WA (US);
Jesse Clay Satterfield, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An improved user interface is provided for displaying selectable functionality controls that identifies the context of the object to which the user interface is relevant, which contains rich functionality controls for applying contextually relevant functionality to a selected object, and which may be efficiently switched to a different context for applying a different set of functionalities to a different or neighboring editable object. A context menu of functionalities is displayed adjacent to a selected object where the menu of functionalities includes functionalities associated with editing the selected object. The context menu includes an identification of the object context and a control for selectively changing the context and associated functionalities of the menu to a different object context for displaying a different set of functionalities associated with the different context.