1. A method comprising: executing a software application on a computing device, the software application having a user interface that includes a menu that provides access to operations that the software application is configured to perform, wherein at least a portion of the menu is hidden on the user interface when the menu is visually collapsed; receiving a query that relates to at least one of the operations; identifying an operation from the at least one of the operations that is responsive to the query; identifying, using the computing device, a menu item that corresponds to the identified operation, wherein activation of the menu item causes the identified operation to be performed, and wherein the menu item is located within the hidden portion of the menu when the menu is visually collapsed; and exposing a location within the menu of the menu item, wherein exposing the location comprises visually expanding at least a portion of the menu to display the menu item.