Javascript DOM oncontextmenu Event

Introduction

The contextmenu attribute only works in Firefox!

Execute a JavaScript when the user right-clicks on a <div> element with a context menu.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {/*from  w  w  w . jav  a 2 s . c o m*/
  background: yellow;
  border: 1px solid black;
  padding: 10px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div oncontextmenu="myFunction()" contextmenu="mymenu">
<p>Right-click inside this box to see the context menu!

<menu type="context" id="mymenu">
  <menuitem label="Refresh" onclick="window.location.reload();" icon="image7.png"></menuitem>
  <menu label="Share on...">
  <menuitem label="Twitter" icon="image5.png" onclick="window.open('//twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=' + window.location.href);"></menuitem>
  <menuitem label="Facebook" icon="image6.png" onclick="window.open('//facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=' + window.location.href);"></menuitem>
  </menu>
  <menuitem label="Email This Page" onclick="window.location='mailto:?body='+window.location.href;"></menuitem>
</menu>

</div>

<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction() {
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "You right-clicked inside the div!";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>
Bubbles: Yes
Cancelable: Yes
Event type: MouseEvent
Supported HTML tags: All HTML elements

The oncontextmenu event occurs when the user right-clicks on an element to open the context menu.




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