2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the states of the dialog include: a first state presenting summary information associated with the selected item; a second state enabling the user to modify a plurality of attributes associated with the selected item; and a third state enabling the user to modify formatting of content of the selected item.
1. A method to be executed at least in part in a computing device for providing integrated user interface controls for web dialogs, the method comprising: presenting a parent web page displaying web page elements to a user from a web application; hiding at least a portion of the displayed web page elements in response to receiving a user selection in a parent web page including at least one of: a desire to edit content, a desire to create new content, or a desire to fill a form; presenting a dialog over the hidden web page elements within the web page, wherein the dialog includes a set of contextual controls for enabling the user to view content, edit the content, create the new content, and to perform data mining, search, and analysis on the content; enabling the user to transition between different states of the dialog associated with a category of tasks to be performed on a selected item, wherein a different set of contextual controls are displayed in association with each dialog state in a same style and position on each different state for performing one or more of: managing the selected item, editing an attribute of the selected item, editing a content of the selected item, or formatting the content of the selected item, such that consistency of the contextual controls is maintained; hiding at least a portion of the currently displayed dialog; and launching a new state in a new dialog over top of the hidden portion of the currently displayed dialog wherein the new state includes a tab for indicating which dialog state is presented, a header portion for indicating the web page and the selected item, and a different set of contextual controls displayed in association with the new state in a same style and position as the hidden dialog.