context menu

collocation in English

meaningsofcontextandmenu

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context
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.tekst/us
/ˈkɑːn.tekst/
the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help ...
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menu
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmen.juː/us
/ˈmen.juː/
a list of the food that you can eat in ...
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(Definition ofcontextandmenufrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontext menu

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Touching an object also causes thecontextmenuto be enabled.
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Shortcut items have acontextmenuto open their target location.
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A similar feature such as acontextmenuwould require less training.
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Thunar can also be extended by writing scripts to be placed in thecontextmenufor various file types.
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It is used to launch acontextmenuwith the keyboard rather than with the usual right mouse button.
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Thecontextmenuis adaptive (changing depending on what the user selected) and configurable (allowing the user to include any configured resource).
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Additional actions such as "print" are usually accessed via a right-clickcontextmenu.
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Images can be set as the desktop wallpaper from thecontextmenu.
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When thecontextmenuis enabled, the fire button is used to select an action from the menu instead of jumping.
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The key's primary function is to launch acontextmenuwith the keyboard rather than with the usual right-mouse button.
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Users can search their library catalog(s) and databases through a search bar or through acontextmenu.
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Acontextmenuoffers a limited set of choices that are available in the current state, or context, of the operating system or application.
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The per-window command manager object mediated between thecontextmenu, command entry and natural-language parser objects and the commands themselves.
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Right-clicking opens acontextmenuwhich, depending on the object clicked on, offers to open the link in a new window or a new tab, download the object etc.
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Acontextmenuis a menu in which the choices presented to the operator are automatically modified according to the current context in which the operator is working.
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Context menus are sometimes hierarchically organized, allowing navigation through different levels of the menu structure.
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Lastly, someone can also use context menus to remove, cut, copy, and paste parts of the typed text without using the keyboard.
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The browser is locked down with most menus, toolbars, key commands and context menus disabled.
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It also supports drag-and-drop as well as accessing context menus by right-clicking items, making it akin to desktop email clients.
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