HTML oncontextmenu attribute: The HTML oncontextmenu attribute can be used when the user right-clicks on an element to open the context menu. And the HTML4 does not support the oncontextmenu attribute.
This attribute can be supported by all the elements. And it is a part of the event attribute.
Syntax: <element oncontextmenu = “script”>
Browser Support
This attribute was supported by different attributes.
- Chrome
- Firefox
- InternetExplorer
- Safari
- Opera
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
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="ico_reload.png"></menuitem>
<menu label="Share on...">
<menuitem label="Twitter" icon="ico_twitter.png" onclick="window.open('//twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=' + window.location.href);"></menuitem>
<menuitem label="Facebook" icon="ico_facebook.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><strong>Note:</strong> The contextmenu <strong>attribute</strong> only works in Firefox!</p>
<script>
function myFunction() {
alert("You right-clicked inside the div!");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Output:
