A user may select content that has been displayed. The selected content may be provided to multiple applications as input in response to detection of a user command such as a touch gesture. The applications may be widgets that are displayed in respective application regions surrounding a focus region. The selected text may be presented in the focus region. Each widget may produce output in its application region that is based on the selected input. A user can launch a desired widget using a swipe gesture towards the desired widget. A user may transfer the selected content using a swipe from the focus region to an application region. A user can select which widgets are included in the application regions. Displayed data items may be related to selected content. A data item may be dragged onto a widget icon to transfer the data item to an associated widget.