The Windows Context Menu – Is It a Lost Cause? • Hacker News Board

Re: The Windows Context Menu – Is It a Lost Cause?

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Post by pjmlp » Wed, Feb 21, 2024, 1:56 PM UTC

When Microsoft refactored the context menu on Windows 11, I had high hopes that the new programming model would move away from writing context menu handlers in COM/C++, eventually using out-of-process handlers that could be implemented in .NET, any other compiled language.

Nope, moving away from bare bones COM is too much to ask for WinDev, and already failed multiple times (.NET's original purpose, Longhorn, WinRT/UWP).

A lost cause indeed.

Re: The Windows Context Menu – Is It a Lost Cause?

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Post by WirelessGigabit » Wed, Feb 21, 2024, 9:27 PM UTC

kalleboo wrote: post #24

joegibbs wrote: post #15

If it was up to me I'd make adding options to the context menu something that you can't do without specifically choosing to in the control panel. Applications could supply context options to the OS but those shouldn't be displayed without the user going in and allowing each one specifically.

Funny enough Microsoft has already had this battle with the Start menu https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030903-00/?p=42...

What's actually sad is that Microsoft Edge and its new features are literally doing all of that right now.

Re: The Windows Context Menu – Is It a Lost Cause?

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Post by arcastroe » Fri, Feb 23, 2024, 4:50 AM UTC

Is there any way to "show more options" by default on the windows 11 context menu? I often right click files to open with sublime, but that option is hidden behind "show more".

Re: The Windows Context Menu – Is It a Lost Cause?

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Post by celadin » Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 5:54 PM UTC

Great content. However, the scroll manipulation on this site is atrocious. You can't hold down-arrow to go down - it only moves the content by a pixel every second. Insanity. End this, Enderman.