Method and system for providing an embedded application tool bar

A system, comprising:

• a computing device including a user interface having a display and one or more processors having an operating system which includes a plurality of functions;
• memory;
• one or more programs stored in memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:
• display at least one application window associated with an application on a display device;
• display, outside the at least one application window, interactive icons representing at least a portion of a plurality of menu items within an operating system level menu indicating that one or more corresponding functions of the operating system are available to the application directly from the operating system on a display device;
• and
• make at least one of the one or more functions of the operating system selectively available, by the computing device, to the at least one displayed application window in response to receiving an input moving, into the at least one application window, the corresponding one or more interactive icons outside of the application window, such that the at least one function of the operating system is capable of operating on content of the application window upon selection of the corresponding one or more interactive icons, wherein subsequently launched application windows associated with the application inherit the selected at least one function of the operating system.

An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, that if executed by a computing device having a processor and an operating system including a plurality of operating system functions for controlling the operation of the computing device including a user interface, cause the computing device to:

• display at least one application window associated with an application;
• display interactive icons representing at least a portion of a plurality of menu items within an operating system level menu outside of the application window indicating that one or more corresponding functions of the operating system are available to the application directly from the operating system;
• and
• make at least one of the one or more functions of the operating system selectively available to the at least one displayed application window in response to receiving an input moving, into the at least one application window, the corresponding one or more interactive icons outside of the application window, such that the at least one function of the operating system is capable of operating on content of the application window upon selection of the corresponding one or more interactive icons.