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[[Context menu]]s will usually include actions related to the objects included in the current selection - the selection provides the "context" for the menu.

Multiple selection is the simultaneous selection of a group of items.

[[Simultaneous editing]] is a technique in [[End-user development]] research that allows the user to manipulate all the selected items at once through [[direct manipulation]]. The [[Lapis (text editor)|Lapis]] text editor and the multi edit plugin for [[gedit]]<ref>[http://blogs.gnome.org/jessevdk/2009/11/15/new-gedit-plugin-multi-edit/ New gedit plugin: multi edit]</ref> are examples of this technique. The term ''simultaneous editing'' is also used to describe [[collaborative real-time editor]]s.

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==References==

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