Method and system for sharing a menu by multiple components in a component-based computer system
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Jun 9, 1998
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Jan 30, 1996
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In a component-based system such as OpenDoc, only one component can be 'active,' such that only the active component has control of the menubar and the pop-up menus. An active component may contain both intrinsic contents and embedded components. The active component allows the user to 'select' some or all of its embedded components such that the user can act on the selected embedded components. When the selection is an intrinsic content, it is straightforward for the active component to present menu options that allows the user to interact with the selection. However, when the selection is an embedded component, there is no standard method for presenting menu options that allows the user to interact with selected embedded component; especially when multiple embedded components are selected within a compound document. This invention provides a method for sharing a menu by multiple embedded components in a component-based computer system.
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