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LONG CLICK DISPLAY OF A CONTEXT MENU

  • US 20150046876A1
  • Filed: 09/20/2013
  • Published: 02/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing a context menu in a user interface, the method comprising:

  • providing a user interface on a display device using one or more computer processors;

    determining, by a computing system having one or more computer processors, whether right click operation of a mouse to access a context menu is disabled,wherein the mouse comprises at least a right button and a left button, the right click operation being associated with the right button and a context menu operation being associated with the left button; and

    in response to determining that the right click operation of the mouse to access the context menu is disabled, performing by the computing system;

    detecting activation of the left button;

    displaying in the user interface indicia of a portion of a threshold time period that the left button has been activated; and

    in response to determining that the left button has been activated for at least the threshold time period, displaying the context menu in the user interface.

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