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The report highlights that according to information provided to Windows Central, Microsoft is developing a fresh, more compact version of the context menu (i.e., the right-click menu) in Windows 11, which should be faster to use.
As part of the ongoing story, the fresh design will prioritize the most frequently used functions and avoid loading all extensions at all times. The current menu can be slow because both Microsoft’s own apps and third-party programs can add their own actions and options to the menu, cluttering it up.
The report highlights that they can show or hide specific actions and apps, and change the order in which these actions and apps are displayed in the context menu. Microsoft is also working on a fresh customization capability that will allow users to choose which apps and commands appear in the context menu.
The report highlights that according to Windows Central, the menu at the very bottom will also get a fresh option called “Customize,” which allows you to change the menu options and settings at any time.
According to the latest update, it’s part of Microsoft’s plan to make Windows 11 faster and better, which will also include a significant redesign of the user interface to be based on WinUI 3 and no longer on legacy code. It’s still unclear when this capability will be introduced and rolled out to all users, but Windows Central says the patch could be dropped as early as this year.
As part of the ongoing story, this article originally appeared on our sister publication PC för Alla and was translated and localized from Swedish.
In a fresh development, he is passionate about technology and is on the ball with the most recent product drops and the hottest talking points in the consumer tech industry. Viktor writes news and reports for our sister sites, M3 and PC för Alla.
The report highlights that after studying communication science, she went straight into a job at PCMagazin and Connect Living. Since then, she has been writing about everything to do with PCs and technology topics, and has been a permanent editor at our German sister site PC-WELT since May 2024. Laura is an enthusiastic gamer as well as a movie and TV fan.