1. A method in a computer system having a user interface including a display, and having an operating system including a plurality of functions, the method comprising: displaying at least one application window associated with an application; displaying 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 making 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 application window, the corresponding one or more interactive icons located 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.