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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.

[[Simultaneous editing]] is a technique in [[End-user development]] research to manipulate multiple selections. It allows the user to manipulate all items inthe aselected multiple selectionitems at once through [[direct manipulation]]. The [[Lapis (text editor)|Lapis text editor]] and the ''multi edit''<ref>[http://blogs.gnome.org/jessevdk/2009/11/15/new-gedit-plugin-multi-edit/ New gedit plugin: multi edit], and a [http://www.icecrew.nl/files/gedit/multiedit.ogv demo video].</ref> plugin for [[gedit]] are examples of this technique. The term ''simultaneous editing'' is also used to describe [[collaborative editing]] in [[collaborative real-time editor]]s.

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