1. A computer-implemented system for managing a context-sensitive sidebar window, comprising: contextual information relevant to an electronic document displayed on an electronic desktop; a presentation module to present a portion of the contextual information in a sidebar window; a window management module to manage a display of the context-sensitive sidebar window within the electronic desktop adjacent to the electronic document by determining a location of one or more icons on the electronic desktop, assigning an importance value to each of the one or more icons, assigning an importance value to each pixel of the icons in the electronic desktop, adjusting at least one of a vertical and horizontal positioning of the context-sensitive sidebar within the electronic desktop based on the importance of the icons and the importance of the icon pixels within the electronic desktop such that coverage of the pixels of the icons, associated with a higher importance, by the context-sensitive sidebar is minimized, automatically opening the context-sensitive sidebar window when the electronic document is opened, and automatically closing the context-sensitive sidebar window when the document is closed; and a processor to execute the modules.
1. A computer-implemented system for managing a context-sensitive sidebar window, comprising: contextual information relevant to an electronic document displayed on an electronic desktop; a presentation module to present a portion of the contextual information in a sidebar window; a window management module to manage a display of the context-sensitive sidebar window within the electronic desktop adjacent to the electronic document by determining a location of one or more icons on the electronic desktop, assigning an importance value to each of the one or more icons, assigning an importance value to each pixel of the icons in the electronic desktop, adjusting at least one of a vertical and horizontal positioning of the context-sensitive sidebar within the electronic desktop based on the importance of the icons and the importance of the icon pixels within the electronic desktop such that coverage of the pixels of the icons, associated with a higher importance, by the context-sensitive sidebar is minimized, automatically opening the context-sensitive sidebar window when the electronic document is opened, and automatically closing the context-sensitive sidebar window when the document is closed; and a processor to execute the modules. 7. A system according to claim 1 , further comprising: a presentation module to present the context-sensitive sidebar window as a minibar comprising compact indicators for at least one of an annotations section, a bookmark section, a topics section, a versions section, and a search section.