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contextual menu

Type

glossary

Description

A popup menu whose menu items apply to the object or area that the user clicked.

Contextual menus usually appear when you Control-click (on Mac OS and OS X systems) or right-click (on Unix and Windows|Windows systems).

glossary: Unix, Windows, Mac OS, menu item, OS X, menu

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