Global Context Menu

As complex as the human mind is, the vast realm of technology can provide it with the helping hand it needs for a more efficient workflow. One example relates to the importance of having different passwords for all of your online services to avoid a single security breach compromising all of your existing accounts.

As such, sometimes you may need a fast and lightweight replacement to your current password manager, or a customizable list of message templates when administrating live streams or crowded conferences as a professor, which is where Global Context Menu comes into play.

When double-clicking the application’s portable executable, its service is launched in the background to monitor the activation method, while users can interact with it via its dedicated system tray icon tucked away in the bottom right section of the operating system’s taskbar when necessary.

Executing a customizable combination of the Control, Shift and L hotkeys brings up the program’s core context menu as an overlay sitting atop the currently opened app for users to click on and perform a direct insertion of the selected piece of information into the previously accessed text box, without having to manually copy and paste login details from an external utility.

Where the app excels most is in its support for virtually unlimited entries in the context menu’s list, boasting an easily accessible configuration file in text format which allows you to tweak its appearance according to your needs.

Since each element can have a separate text to be displayed in lieu of the insertion phrase, one can give brief descriptions to items such as separate email signatures for work and personal accounts. Entries can be grouped into categories to make the context menu more organized and sort usernames and passwords by the website they are meant to be used for logging into.

In terms of improvements, the insertion speed could use a small boost, since it might take a couple of seconds for longer phrases to be automatically typed in. Finally, while the app has support for multiple monitors, the context menu seems to spawn in the very center of the screen, and while users can form a certain degree of muscle memory in time, summoning it right next to the cursor can make it easier to reach and select the right entry.

Whether you need a fast and convenient way to store and insert phrases for automatic responses or your favorite password manager lacks a floating list of credentials to access them quickly, Global Context Menu can be of great use given its compact memory footprint and support for unlimited entries in a package that respects your privacy and prioritizes accessibility over everything else.