.title Definition of Pie Menus .synonyms Definition defined, .description This defines what a pie menu is, and how it works. .contents Pie menus are a fast, accurate way of selecting commands from a list of items shown on the screen, by using a mouse to point and click at the desired item. .lines 2 Clicking the mouse's menu button pops a pie menu up on the screen, centered on the cursor location. The menu items are positioned in a circle around the cursor, which is initially located in a small round inactive region at the menu center. Each item is adjacent to the cursor, but in a different direction. Moving the cursor in the direction of one of the items and clicking the button again selects it from the menu. .lines 2 The selection is defined by the direction of relative cursor motion between the clicks of the mouse button. Since the target regions of the menu items are shaped like the slices of a pie, the accuracy of selection becomes more precise as the cursor is moved farther away from the menu center. The distance of movement is independent of the direction, so it may serve to modify the selection. .lines 2 ==> .~ Direction~