User interface menu transitions with selectable actions

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, upon execution on a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:

• presenting, on a display communicatively coupled with the computer system, a menu based on an execution of a menu application, wherein the menu comprises a plurality of application windows, each of the plurality of application windows corresponds to a different application of the computer system and is presented in a glanced state with content of a corresponding application;
• instantiating, based on the presentation of the menu, an application module that has parameters common to the different applications;
• presenting, on the display, a window in a focused state based on a user interaction;
• presenting, on the display, the window in a selected state based on a user selection of the window, wherein the window and the content are resized in the selected state and wherein the window includes one or more selectable controls;
• updating, based on the window being in the selected state, the application module to include parameters specific to the corresponding application and to present an overlay window reproducing the window in the selected state;
• and
• presenting, on the display, the overlay window coextensive with and over the window in the selected state, the overlay window comprising the content.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:
• presenting, on a display communicatively coupled with the computer system, a menu based on an execution of a menu application, wherein the menu comprises a plurality of application windows, each of the plurality of application windows corresponds to a different application of the computer systems and is presented in a glanced state with content of a corresponding application;
• instantiating, based on the presentation of the menu, an application module that has parameters common to the different applications;
• presenting, on the display, a window in a focused state based on a user interaction;
• presenting, on the display, the window in a selected state based on a user selection of the window, wherein the window includes one or more selectable controls;
• updating, based on the window being in the selected state, the application module to include parameters specific to the corresponding application and to present an overlay window reproducing the window in the selected state;
• and
• presenting, on the display, the overlay window coextensive with and over the window in the selected state, the overlay window comprising the content.