Search augmented menu and configuration for computer applications

A method of providing access to configuration functions of an application, comprising:

• assigning respective sets of metadata to respective configuration functions of the application that are descriptive of respective names, uses or applications of the respective configuration functions;
• indexing the configuration functions and the assigned respective sets of metadata;
• receiving a configuration function search query;
• referencing the search query with respective sets of metadata and identifying one or more respective sets of metadata that satisfy a condition defined by a data matching function relative to the search query;
• and
• returning one or more configuration functions assigned to respective sets of metadata satisfying the condition.

A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a computing device, facilitate user access to configuration functions of an application, the instructions comprising:

• assigning distinguishing metadata to respective configuration functions of an application;
• indexing the configuration functions and the distinguishing metadata;
• receiving a search query pertaining to configuration functions of the application;
• searching the distinguishing metadata to identify a subset of the distinguishing metadata correlated with the search query sufficient to satisfy a condition defined by a correlation function;
• and
• returning a configuration function associated with the subset of the distinguishing metadata in response to the search query.