[IxDA Discuss] keyboard shortcuts + contextual menus

[Robert Barlow-Busch]

> Am I missing something here? Use of a contextual menu assumes that
> you are clicking on something. The menu is therefore contextual to
> the thing clicked on. If I use a shortcut key to access a command in
> a contextual menu, what object am I performing the action on? I have
> provided no context.

Presumably you've indicated context by selecting the object already.  
Using a keyboard shortcut to delete a file from your desktop is an  
example of this.

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Robert Barlow-Busch
Practice Director, Interaction Design
Quarry Integrated Communications Inc.
rbarlowbusch at quarry.com
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