Extending the Context Menu and Share Dialog in Windows 11
Extending the Context Menu and Share Dialog in Windows 11 Windows 11 brings refinement to contextual file operations in the right-click context menu and share dialog. These are extensible by apps, including unpackaged Win32 apps. The context menu is one of the most popular and useful shell extensions. If you are already in File Explorer or on the Desktop, it significantly reduces the number of steps to complete a file operation compared to opening a separate app. As useful as the Windows 10 context menu is, there are aspects of its design we sought to improve in Windows 11. The most common commands – cut, copy, paste, delete, and rename – are far from the mouse pointer, touch point, or pen. The menu is exceptionally long. It has grown in an unregulated environment for 20 years, since Windows XP, when [ more… ]