Control menus: excecution and control in a single interactor

  • Authors:
  • Stuart Pook;Eric Lecolinet;Guy Vaysseix;Emmanuel Barillot

  • Affiliations:
  • ENST/CNRS URA, Paris cedex, France and Infobiogen, Villejuif cedex, France;ENST/CNRS URA, Paris cedex, France;Infobiogen, Villejuif cedex, France and Généthon, Évry, France;Infobiogen, Villejuif cedex, France and Généthon, Évry, France

  • Venue:
  • CHI '00 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

We propose a new type of contextual pop-up menu called a control menu. These menus combine the selection of an operation and the control of this operation. They integrate up to two scroll bars or spin-boxes and thus allow users to keep their attention focused on the menu during the operation. Control menus can have sub-menus, and also retain the novice and expert modes of use found in marking menus. We describe control menus and how they are useful in different types of user interfaces. A program incorporating our control menus can be tested at http://www.infobiogen.fr/services/zomit/.