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Context

DICT·context

Set of environmental cues that guide users toward meaningful actions within a system.

Information Architecture Interaction Pattern tier 2

Not: Context menuContextual advertising
Related: Contextual cuesEnvironmental designInformation architecture
In use: A dashboard shows recent orders, guiding users to review them.

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Page	Where	What it does with it
Feedback & the Three Thresholds	The Stairwell	mentions it
The Modal	Patterns	mentions it
The pattern register	Collections	mentions it
The role taxonomy	Collections	mentions it
The Stairwell	The Stairwell	mentions it
WCAG 2.2	Collections	mentions it
What a machine can check	Collections	mentions it
Where five billion people bank	Collections	mentions it
Where text breaks	Collections	mentions it