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# Context Menus in Gnumeric

Context menus are menus which open up under the mouse pointer and are therefore detached from the format graphical structure of the applicaton. These menus provide an extra and convenient way to access Gnumeric commands. All of the commands in context menus are available through the regular menu system. Context menus provide different commands depending on the position of the pointer.

To activate a context menu, a user simply positions the pointer over the appropriate area and clicks one of the buttons on their mouse. Since this button is configurable and users have mice with different buttons, it may be a different button on any given machine or may even require the combination of a keyboard key and a mouse buttons. The user will have to find how to do this themselves.

Currently Gnumeric provides five different context menus. The context menu that is called in the central grid area is discussed next in the Section called The Context Menu for the Cell Grid Area. The Context menu that appears when the pointer is over the row headers or column headers is presented in the Section called The Context Menu for Column and Row Headers. Another context menu relates to the worksheet tabs and is explained in the Section called The Context Menu menu for Worksheet Tabs. Yet another context menu applies to embbeded objects or shaped components such as a plot. These are shown in the Section called The Context Menu for Embedded Objects and Components. The final context menu allows the configuration of the toolbars. This menu is presented in the Section called The Context Menu for Toolbars.

## The Context Menu for the Cell Grid Area

The context menu in the cell grid area apprears when the pointer is over the cell grid area. This menu applies to the cells that have been selected, not necessarily the cell underneath the mouse pointer.

Figure 12. The Context Menu for the Cell Grid Area.

The grid context menu merely provides an extra way to access Gnumeric commands. The Cut, Copy, Paste, Paste Special..., Delete..., and Clear Contents... commands are taken from the Edit menu and are explained in the Section called The Edit Menu. The Insert... menu item is explained in the section on the Insert menu in the Section called The Insert Menu. The Format Cells... is explained in the manual section on the Format menu in the Section called The Format Menu.

## The Context Menu for Column and Row Headers

The Context Menu for Column and Row Headers

Figure 13. The Context Menu of a Row Header

The context menu which relates to column or row headers is similar to the context menu for the grid area. Both insert and delte operations are modified to operate explicitly on rows or on columns. An option is added which changes the height of rows or the width of columns. This context menu also provides a way to hide rows or columns and a way to reveal missing columns or rows.

## The Context Menu menu for Worksheet Tabs

The Context Menu menu for Worksheet Tabs.

Figure 14. The Context Menu.

The context menu for tabs provides the same functions as are provided in the Sheet menu item in the Edit menu. These options are explained at the bottom of the Section called The Edit Menu.

## The Context Menu for Embedded Objects and Components

The Context Menu for Embedded Objects and Components.

Figure 15. The Context Menu

Since this menu gives access to functionality which is not part of Gnumeric, the menu entries will be different for each kind of object. This menu is accessible when first selecting on the embedded object or if the user clicks on the very border of the inserted object. All objects will provide a method to delete the object which will remove the object. Note that this operation will mostly not register into Gnumeric's history and therefore cannot easily be reversed.

## The Context Menu for Toolbars

The Context Menu for Toolbars

Figure 16. The Context Menu.

The context menu for toolbars allows the user to configure toolbars. Each toolbar entry can have text associated with it or simply be an icon. The text only does not currently work in Gnumeric. The tooltips which are displayed by default can be turned off for this toolbar. The toolbar itself can be removed to save space. Finally the customize dialog can be launched which allows the user to configure these options for all the toolbars at once.

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