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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2012
Pavan K. Immaneni, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven MA, San Jose, CA (US);
Pavan K. Immaneni, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven Ma, San Jose, CA (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments disclose enabling a user to invoke a function via a shortcut key in a multi-window computing environment by a software component executing on the computer. The exemplary embodiments include displaying, by a software component executing on a processor of a computer, a menu that lists functions invoked in different windows by the shortcut key; receiving a user entered selection of a priority for each of the functions to create a ranked menu of functions for the shortcut key; and responsive to detecting an entering of the shortcut key via a keyboard by a user, selectively invoking one of functions listed in the shortcut key menu regardless of which window is currently active based on the priority of the functions and a number of times the shortcut key is entered.