A computing system for providing a user interface control to modify
properties of items within a main application window. The computing
system has a main application window, a gallery control window, a control
object selection processing module, and a control object focus processing
module. The main application window contains one or more application
items, each application item having one or more control properties
affecting a behavior of the application item. The gallery control window
contains a list of one or more control objects for modifying control
properties of the application items located within the main application
window. Each of the control objects in the list of control objects
includes a graphical icon having a selection portion and a properties
portion and one or more control properties that affect one or more items
within the main application window.
