Multi-tasking workdesk for computing environment

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for traversing associative software objects, the operations comprising:

• presenting, in a graphical user interface (GUI), a workdesk comprising three viewports, wherein a first viewport displays an active application, a second viewport displays a toolbar comprising one or more icons indicating applications that are available for interactions by one or more cross-application tools, and a third viewport displays a toolbar comprising the one or more cross-application tools;
• receiving a selection of a cross-application tool in the third viewport, wherein the selected cross-application tool comprises an object list generator;
• performing an action associated with the selected cross-application tool within at least one of the one or more indicated applications;
• overlaying a result of the action in the first viewport, wherein the result comprises a list of objects currently visible in the active application.

A system, comprising:

• one or more computers;
• and
• a computer-readable storage device coupled to the one or more computers and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more computer, cause the one or more computers to perform operations for traversing associative software objects, the operations comprising:
• presenting, in a graphical user interface (GUI), a workdesk comprising three viewports, wherein a first viewport displays an active application, a second viewport displays a toolbar comprising one or more icons indicating applications that are available for interactions by one or more cross-application tools, and a third viewport displays a toolbar comprising the one or more cross-application tools;
• receiving a selection of a cross-application tool in the third viewport, wherein the selected cross-application tool comprises an object list generator;
• performing an action associated with the selected cross-application tool within at least one of the one or more indicated applications;
• and
• overlaying a result of the action in the first viewport, wherein the result comprises a list of objects currently visible in the active application.