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Feb
15
2010

JavaScript Event – Contextmenu

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This code was written based on a template by John Resig. The original can be found at John Resig’s addEvent function website.

The code, and the template, are referred to in Webmonkey’s JavaScript Events reference page. In this example, the onContextmenu event fires whenever the right mouse button is clicked (or the contextual menu is opened by any means, such as ctrl-click on a Mac). If attached to a specific object (such as the div in the example below), the event only fires if the mouse is right-clicked within the bounds of that object.

The Code

<html>

<head>

<script>

// addEvent function by John Resig:

// http://ejohn.org/projects/flexible-javascript-events/

function addEvent( obj, type, fn ) {

  if ( obj.attachEvent ) {

    obj['e'+type+fn] = fn;

    obj[type+fn] = function(){obj['e'+type+fn]( window.event );}

    obj.attachEvent( 'on'+type, obj[type+fn] );

  } else

    obj.addEventListener( type, fn, false );

}

</script>

</head>

<body>



<!-- HTML for example event goes here -->

<div id="mydiv" style="border: 1px solid black; width: 100px; height: 100px; margin-top: 10px;"></div>



<script>

// Script for example event goes here

addEvent(document.getElementById('mydiv'), 'contextmenu', function(event) {

	display_short('right-clicked (contextmenu)');

});

function display_short(str)

{

	clearTimeout();

	document.getElementById('mydiv').innerHTML = str;

	if (str != '')

		setTimeout("display_short('')", 1000);

}

</script>

</body>

</html>

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