How to add a custom right-click menu to a webpage?

Question

I want to add a custom right-click menu to my web application. Can this be done without using any pre-built libraries? If so, how to display a simple custom right-click menu which does not use a 3rd party JavaScript library?

I'm aiming for something like what Google Docs does. It lets users right-click and show the users their own menu.

NOTE: I want to learn how to make my own versus using something somebody made already since most of the time, those 3rd party libraries are bloated with features whereas I only want features that I need so I want it to be completely hand-made by me.

This is definitely not a duplicate. As the question require answers without 3rd party libraries, and the other one is likely to use Jquery *(I wanted to write a context Google’s drive like context menu inside a userscript)*. — user2284570, Jan 03 '15 at 23:54
just stumbled upon: http://davidwalsh.name/html5-context-menu love HTML5 — Nijboer IT, Feb 11 '14 at 08:42
Just want to point out that the HTML5 context menu is only supported in some versions of Firefox and as far as I can tell nothing else supports it. Chrome as of Version 61 does not support it. — Dan Willett, Oct 26 '17 at 22:29
For people using React - [native-menu](https://www.npmjs.com/package/native-menu) replicates *all* of the existing functionality (copy, open in new tab, search on google etc.) whilst looking native (applies different styles depending on the browser). [demo](https://samdenty99.github.io/r?https://oxx9rp415q.codesandbox.io/) — Sam Denty, Mar 15 '18 at 16:44
just today I found two more good examples (I think) about this: [DEMO 1](https://www.sitepoint.com/building-custom-right-click-context-menu-javascript/) // [DEMO 2](http://www.jqueryscript.net/demo/Simple-jQuery-Right-Click-Context-Menu-Plugin/demo/) (this demo need **jquery UI**) I hope help to anybody, bb. — Drako, Jan 25 '17 at 14:08

score 319 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 29 '19 at 19:53

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Answering your question - use contextmenu event, like below:

if (document.addEventListener) {
  document.addEventListener('contextmenu', function(e) {
    alert("You've tried to open context menu"); //here you draw your own menu
    e.preventDefault();
  }, false);
} else {
  document.attachEvent('oncontextmenu', function() {
    alert("You've tried to open context menu");
    window.event.returnValue = false;
  });
}

<body>
  Lorem ipsum...
</body>

But you should ask yourself, do you really want to overwrite default right-click behavior - it depends on application that you're developing.

JSFIDDLE

edited Aug 29 '19 at 19:53

dota2pro

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Is it cross-browser compatible? – Registered User Feb 05 '11 at 20:21
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Tested on Opera 11.01, Firefox 3.6.13, Chrome 9, Safari 5 (all 4 via addEventListener) and IE 8 (attachEvent). – Radek Benkel Feb 05 '11 at 20:26
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You have just explained how to disable the right-click menu. How to create our own menu?? – Shashwat Sep 16 '12 at 10:20
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@Shashwat You know place, where user has clicked, and you don't have original menu. Create a container in that place and display your menu there. – Radek Benkel Sep 18 '12 at 14:32
You don't need `preventDefault`. Opening an `alert()` box will close the context menu automatically. – Ian Hazzard Nov 18 '14 at 00:48
Does anyone know is it possible to default this? For instance, a web app has this implemented, but I want to be able to click an element and for instance; open the developer tools on that instance. As an example, by holding down alt, and right clicking - the context menu will always be the standard one implemented by the browser? Perhaps Chrome and other browsers should have this implemented? – shanehoban Nov 26 '14 at 14:14
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@shanehoban When you look into code, you will see this line `e.preventDefault();`. This is why regular menu isn't shown. What you can do is to create some conditional logic which checks, if key is pressed while right clicking and then NOT calling `e.preventDefault()` - you will get regular browser menu then. – Radek Benkel Nov 28 '14 at 09:14
Ah I understand that is possible @singles, I was just wondering if anyone knew of any browser defaults for that. I guess not. Thanks though; you're right, that'd work! – shanehoban Nov 28 '14 at 09:16
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_"But you should ask yourself, do you really want to overwrite default right-click behavior"_ -- There is an important difference between this solution and the implementation in the answer below by @MohamedIqzas (http://stackoverflow.com/a/16481062/264097). In the answer below the default context menu is suppressed only for a certain HTML element, not for the whole document. This makes it much less intrusive. – Alex Fainshtein Sep 12 '16 at 03:24
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@TylerLong That's not quite correct. The answer demonstrates the basics of how to add a custom menu although it misses to actually create a custom menu. You need to replace the line with the comment `//here you draw your own menu` with code to create a custom menu using "normal" HTML markup. – Ignitor Dec 13 '16 at 13:07
[According to MDN, this won't work on iOS safari.](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/contextmenu_event#browser_compatibility) [The bug it links to mentions VoiceOver in its title.](https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=213953) TBH, I'm not sure what that means; on iOS is this completely broken or conditionally broken? – Daniel Kaplan Jul 24 '23 at 02:56

score 90 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 17 '20 at 09:16

Was very useful for me. For the sake of people like me, expecting the drawing of menu, I put here the code I used to make the right-click menu:

$(document).ready(function() {


  if ($("#test").addEventListener) {
    $("#test").addEventListener('contextmenu', function(e) {
      alert("You've tried to open context menu"); //here you draw your own menu
      e.preventDefault();
    }, false);
  } else {

    //document.getElementById("test").attachEvent('oncontextmenu', function() {
    //$(".test").bind('contextmenu', function() {
    $('body').on('contextmenu', 'a.test', function() {


      //alert("contextmenu"+event);
      document.getElementById("rmenu").className = "show";
      document.getElementById("rmenu").style.top = mouseY(event) + 'px';
      document.getElementById("rmenu").style.left = mouseX(event) + 'px';

      window.event.returnValue = false;


    });
  }

});

// this is from another SO post...  
$(document).bind("click", function(event) {
  document.getElementById("rmenu").className = "hide";
});



function mouseX(evt) {
  if (evt.pageX) {
    return evt.pageX;
  } else if (evt.clientX) {
    return evt.clientX + (document.documentElement.scrollLeft ?
      document.documentElement.scrollLeft :
      document.body.scrollLeft);
  } else {
    return null;
  }
}

function mouseY(evt) {
  if (evt.pageY) {
    return evt.pageY;
  } else if (evt.clientY) {
    return evt.clientY + (document.documentElement.scrollTop ?
      document.documentElement.scrollTop :
      document.body.scrollTop);
  } else {
    return null;
  }
}

.show {
  z-index: 1000;
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #C0C0C0;
  border: 1px solid blue;
  padding: 2px;
  display: block;
  margin: 0;
  list-style-type: none;
  list-style: none;
}

.hide {
  display: none;
}

.show li {
  list-style: none;
}

.show a {
  border: 0 !important;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.show a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline !important;
}

<!-- jQuery should be at least version 1.7 -->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="contextmenu.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="contextmenu.css" />


<div id="test1">
  <a href="www.google.com" class="test">Google</a>
  <a href="www.google.com" class="test">Link 2</a>
  <a href="www.google.com" class="test">Link 3</a>
  <a href="www.google.com" class="test">Link 4</a>
</div>

<!-- initially hidden right-click menu -->
<div class="hide" id="rmenu">
  <ul>
    <li>
      <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>
    </li>

    <li>
      <a href="http://localhost:8080/login">Localhost</a>
    </li>

    <li>
      <a href="C:\">C</a>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>

@Schism Suffixed `mouseY(event)` and `mouseX(event)` with `px` to make it work as expected: [http://jsfiddle.net/a6w7n64o/](http://jsfiddle.net/a6w7n64o/). — zanetu, Mar 13 '15 at 03:00
@Adelphia - Anything not native and not created by yourself is third party. `jQuery` really isn't all that bloated with extra stuff. Not to the degree that it would slow anything down. It's very useful and the same `jQuery` used in this answer could easily be converted to standard `JavaScript` commands. It may not be 100% inline with the request in the original question, but it's definitely 95% inline with it. — The Duke Of Marshall שלום, Apr 08 '15 at 20:03
@TheDukeOfMarshallשלם I wasn't asking anyone to write the code for me, just to explain how to do it. The selected answer did that perfectly. — I wrestled a bear once., Apr 08 '15 at 23:48
In firefox 39 the default contextmenu still shows up over the top of the custom menu. Also the custom menu dismisses instantly after displaying. — Matt, Jul 21 '15 at 18:54
@Matt I had the same problem with Firefox 58. This post describes a solution, which works for me: https://stackoverflow.com/a/40545465/2922675 You disable event-propagation for document and register your context-menu-handler on the window object. Here is an adjusted fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/jjgkLe3g/1/ — Nils-o-mat, Feb 08 '18 at 16:37

score 50 · Answer 3 · answered May 24 '15 at 01:43

A combination of some nice CSS and some non-standard html tags with no external libraries can give a nice result (JSFiddle)

HTML

<menu id="ctxMenu">
    <menu title="File">
        <menu title="Save"></menu>
        <menu title="Save As"></menu>
        <menu title="Open"></menu>
    </menu>
    <menu title="Edit">
        <menu title="Cut"></menu>
        <menu title="Copy"></menu>
        <menu title="Paste"></menu>
    </menu>
</menu>

Note: the menu tag does not exist, I'm making it up (you can use anything)

CSS

#ctxMenu{
    display:none;
    z-index:100;
}
menu {
    position:absolute;
    display:block;
    left:0px;
    top:0px;
    height:20px;
    width:20px;
    padding:0;
    margin:0;
    border:1px solid;
    background-color:white;
    font-weight:normal;
    white-space:nowrap;
}
menu:hover{
    background-color:#eef;
    font-weight:bold;
}
menu:hover > menu{
    display:block;
}
menu > menu{
    display:none;
    position:relative;
    top:-20px;
    left:100%;
    width:55px;
}
menu[title]:before{
    content:attr(title);
}
menu:not([title]):before{
    content:"\2630";
}

The JavaScript is just for this example, I personally remove it for persistent menus on windows

var notepad = document.getElementById("notepad");
notepad.addEventListener("contextmenu",function(event){
    event.preventDefault();
    var ctxMenu = document.getElementById("ctxMenu");
    ctxMenu.style.display = "block";
    ctxMenu.style.left = (event.pageX - 10)+"px";
    ctxMenu.style.top = (event.pageY - 10)+"px";
},false);
notepad.addEventListener("click",function(event){
    var ctxMenu = document.getElementById("ctxMenu");
    ctxMenu.style.display = "";
    ctxMenu.style.left = "";
    ctxMenu.style.top = "";
},false);

Also note, you can potentially modify menu > menu{left:100%;} to menu > menu{right:100%;} for a menu that expands from right to left. You would need to add a margin or something somewhere though

You might want to add `return false;` at the end of the function that handles the "contextmenu" event to support more browsers(-versions). — stackprotector, Sep 02 '20 at 21:04
If my intention is for the menu items to show a popup going to a URL, would wrapping the menu item HTML tags in tags be the way to go for that, would it be more common to write JS code that makes the popup happen on click? Great example. This is exactly what I was looking for: a context menu built from the basic building blocks. I think this is very useful even if I end up using a library because of the understanding I am getting from it. — Philippe Carphin, Feb 09 '21 at 11:06
@PhilippeCarphin you can use what ever tags you want. Anchor tags probably make better sense. Also, the `menu[title]:before` is the magic that injects the title into the tag, so you dont have to use this and can fill out the content in the tags as you see fit — Isaac, Feb 09 '21 at 21:37

score 41 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 20 '22 at 17:33

According to the answers here and on other 'flows, I've made a version that looks like the one of Google Chrome, with css3 transition. JS Fiddle

Lets start easy, since we have the js above on this page, we can worry about the css and layout. The layout that we will be using is an <a> element with a <img> element or a font awesome icon (<i class="fa fa-flag"></i>) and a <span> to show the keyboard shortcuts. So this is the structure:

<a href="#" onclick="doSomething()">
  <img src="path/to/image.gif" />
  This is a menu option
  <span>Ctrl + K</span>
</a>

We will put these in a div and show that div on the right-click. Let's style them like in Google Chrome, shall we?

#menu a {
  display: block;
  color: #555;
  text-decoration: no[...]

Now we will add the code from the accepted answer, and get the X and Y value of the cursor. To do this, we will use e.clientX and e.clientY. We are using client, so the menu div has to be fixed.

var i = document.getElementById("menu").style;
if (document.addEventListener) {
  document.addEventListener('contextmenu', function(e) {
    var posX = e.clientX;
    var posY = e.client[...]

And that is it! Just add the css transisions to fade in and out, and done!

var i = document.getElementById("menu").style;
if (document.addEventListener) {
  document.addEventListener('contextmenu', function(e) {
    var posX = e.clientX;
    var posY = e.clientY;
    menu(posX, posY);
    e.preventDefault();
  }, false);
  document.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
    i.opacity = "0";
    setTimeout(function() {
      i.visibility = "hidden";
    }, 501);
  }, false);
} else {
  document.attachEvent('oncontextmenu', function(e) {
    var posX = e.clientX;
    var posY = e.clientY;
    menu(posX, posY);
    e.preventDefault();
  });
  document.attachEvent('onclick', function(e) {
    i.opacity = "0";
    setTimeout(function() {
      i.visibility = "hidden";
    }, 501);
  });
}

function menu(x, y) {
  i.top = y + "px";
  i.left = x + "px";
  i.visibility = "visible";
  i.opacity = "1";
}

body {
  background: white;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  color: #5e5e5e;
}

#menu {
  visibility: hidden;
  opacity: 0;
  position: fixed;
  background: #fff;
  color: #555;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  font-size: 11px;
  -webkit-transition: opacity .5s ease-in-out;
  -moz-transition: opacity .5s ease-in-out;
  -ms-transition: opacity .5s ease-in-out;
  -o-transition: opacity .5s ease-in-out;
  transition: opacity .5s ease-in-out;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px 0px rgba(143, 144, 145, 1);
  -moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px 0px rgba(143, 144, 145, 1);
  box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px 0px rgba(143, 144, 145, 1);
  padding: 0px;
  border: 1px solid #C6C6C6;
}

#menu a {
  display: block;
  color: #555;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 6px 8px 6px 30px;
  width: 250px;
  position: relative;
}

#menu a img,
#menu a i.fa {
  height: 20px;
  font-size: 17px;
  width: 20px;
  position: absolute;
  left: 5px;
  top: 2px;
}

#menu a span {
  color: #BCB1B3;
  float: right;
}

#menu a:hover {
  color: #fff;
  background: #3879D9;
}

#menu hr {
  border: 1px solid #EBEBEB;
  border-bottom: 0;
}

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.5.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<h2>CSS3 and JAVASCRIPT custom menu.</h2>
<em>Stephan Stanisic | Lisence free</em>
<p>Right-click anywhere on this page to open the custom menu. Styled like the Google Chrome contextmenu. And yes, you can use <i class="fa fa-flag"></i>font-awesome</p>
<p style="font-size: small">
  <b>Lisence</b>
  <br /> "THE PIZZA-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42):
  <br /> You can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a Pizza in return.
  <br />
  <a style="font-size:xx-small" href="https://github.com/KLVN/UrbanDictionary_API#license">https://github.com/KLVN/UrbanDictionary_API#license</a>
</p>
<br />
<br />
<small>(The white body background is just because I hate the light blue editor background on the result on jsfiddle)</small>
<div id="menu">
  <a href="#">
    <img src="http://puu.sh/nr60s/42df867bf3.png" /> AdBlock Plus <span>Ctrl + ?!</span>
  </a>
  <a href="#">
    <img src="http://puu.sh/nr5Z6/4360098fc1.png" /> SNTX <span>Ctrl + ?!</span>
  </a>
  <hr />
  <a href="#">
    <i class="fa fa-fort-awesome"></i> Fort Awesome <span>Ctrl + ?!</span>
  </a>
  <a href="#">
    <i class="fa fa-flag"></i> Font Awesome <span>Ctrl + ?!</span>
  </a>
</div>

This saved me a huge head ache! If OP was looking for a simple way to use on whole webpage and not just a div, this should be accepted answer:) — Woody, Jul 24 '18 at 17:51
When you right-click the right part of the page, some part of the menu hides. — Green, Mar 22 '21 at 19:15
@Stephan Stanisic Can you guide me how to add submenu into this? I love this snippet it's just outstanding and working great for me. Thanks — Lyn Robert, Mar 30 '22 at 06:37
I used this example in order to form a context menu from https://uranus.codingneko.repl.co — RixTheTyrunt, Dec 16 '22 at 10:42

NVRM · Answer 5 · 2022-09-01T14:41:49.050

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Simplest jump start function, create a context menu at the cursor position, that destroys itself on mouse leave.

oncontextmenu = (e) => {
  e.preventDefault()
  let menu = document.createElement("div")
  menu.id = "ctxmenu"
  menu.style = `top:${e.pageY-10}px;left:${e.pageX-40}px`
  menu.onmouseleave = () => ctxmenu.outerHTML = ''
  menu.innerHTML = "<p>Option1</p><p>Option2</p><p>Option3</p><p>Option4</p><p onclick='alert(`Thank you!`)'>Upvote</p>"
  document.body.appendChild(menu)
}

#ctxmenu {
  position: fixed;
  background: ghostwhite;
  color: black;
  cursor: pointer;
  border: 1px black solid
}

#ctxmenu > p {
  padding: 0 1rem;
  margin: 0
}

#ctxmenu > p:hover {
  background: black;
  color: ghostwhite
}

edited Sep 01 '22 at 14:41

answered Oct 04 '20 at 02:27

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This is a nice solution but if you double click it will be a problem! – Murat Kezli Apr 23 '21 at 14:45
Yes it's very simple. To avoid the problem you underline, we might have to test if the element with the id `ctxmenu` yet exist in the DOM. On the same logic, instead of parsing, we should use a variable with a boolean, like `isDisplayed = true/false` – NVRM Apr 23 '21 at 15:54
In this case, the correct code should be like this ;) oncontextmenu = (e) => { const ctxmenudiv = document.getElementById('ctxmenu'); if (ctxmenudiv === null) { e.preventDefault(); const menu = document.createElement("div"); menu.id = "ctxmenu" menu.style = `top:${e.pageY-10}px;left:${e.pageX-40}px` menu.onmouseleave = () => ctxmenu.outerHTML = '' menu.innerHTML = "
Option1
Option2
Option3
Option4
Upvote
" document.body.appendChild(menu); } } – Murat Kezli May 04 '21 at 23:50
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less is more, best answer – MertHaddad Jun 16 '22 at 08:54
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Nice and simple, solves the problem, non-obnoxious styling. Thank you! – Jordan Aug 04 '22 at 13:47

score 15 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 03 '21 at 22:21

Pure JS and css solution for a truly dynamic right click context menu, albeit based on predefined naming conventions for the elements id, links etc. jsfiddle and the code you could copy paste into a single static html page :

var rgtClickContextMenu = document.getElementById('div-context-menu');

/** close the right click context menu on click anywhere else in the page*/
document.onclick = function(e) {
  rgtClickContextMenu.style.display = 'none';
}

/**
 present the right click context menu ONLY for the elements having the right class
 by replacing the 0 or any digit after the "to-" string with the element id , which
 triggered the event
*/
document.oncontextmenu = function(e) {
  //alert(e.target.id)
  var elmnt = e.target
  if (elmnt.className.startsWith("cls-context-menu")) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var eid = elmnt.id.replace(/link-/, "")
    rgtClickContextMenu.style.left = e.pageX + 'px'
    rgtClickContextMenu.style.top = e.pageY + 'px'
    rgtClickContextMenu.style.display = 'block'
    var toRepl = "to=" + eid.toString()
    rgtClickContextMenu.innerHTML = rgtClickContextMenu.innerHTML.replace(/to=\d+/g, toRepl)
    //alert(rgtClickContextMenu.innerHTML.toString())
  }
}

.cls-context-menu-link {
  display: block;
  padding: 20px;
  background: #ECECEC;
}

.cls-context-menu {
  position: absolute;
  display: none;
}

.cls-context-menu ul,
#context-menu li {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  background: white;
}

.cls-context-menu {
  border: solid 1px #CCC;
}

.cls-context-menu li {
  border-bottom: solid 1px #CCC;
}

.cls-context-menu li:last-child {
  border: none;
}

.cls-context-menu li a {
  display: block;
  padding: 5px 10px;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: blue;
}

.cls-context-menu li a:hover {
  background: blue;
  color: #FFF;
}

<!-- those are the links which should present the dynamic context menu -->
<a id="link-1" href="#" class="cls-context-menu-link">right click link-01</a>
<a id="link-2" href="#" class="cls-context-menu-link">right click link-02</a>

<!-- this is the context menu -->
<!-- note the string to=0 where the 0 is the digit to be replaced -->
<div id="div-context-menu" class="cls-context-menu">
  <ul>
    <li><a href="#to=0">link-to=0 -item-1 </a></li>
    <li><a href="#to=0">link-to=0 -item-2 </a></li>
    <li><a href="#to=0">link-to=0 -item-3 </a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

This is more the answer I was expecting, an example actually modifying the right click menu — Jesse Reza Khorasanee, Feb 22 '19 at 01:18
yup , a similar example could be: codepen.io/yordangeorgiev/pen/GzWJzd and the final product : https://qto.fi/qto/view/concepts_doc ( just click on the login ... ) — Yordan Georgiev, Mar 11 '20 at 08:46

score 14 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 07 '13 at 15:27

You could try simply blocking the context menu by adding the following to your body tag:

<body oncontextmenu="return false;">

This will block all access to the context menu (not just from the right mouse button but from the keyboard as well).

P.S. you can add this to any tag you want to disable the context menu on

for example:

<div class="mydiv" oncontextmenu="return false;">

Will disable the context menu in that particular div only

score 13 · Answer 8 · edited Feb 21 '23 at 13:04

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<head>

<title>Context menu - LabLogic.net</title>

</head>
<body>

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

document.oncontextmenu=RightMouseDown;
document.onmousedown = mouseDown; 



function mouseDown(e) {
    if (e.which===3) {//righClick
        alert("Right-click menu goes here");
    }
}


function RightMouseDown() { return false; }

</script>

</body>
</html>

Tested and works in Opera 11.6, firefox 9.01, Internet Explorer 9 and chrome 17

edited Feb 21 '23 at 13:04

epascarello

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It works, but the demo menu on your page is really tiny and cramped. Good example, though. – David Millar Apr 03 '13 at 14:56
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It works if you're using a three-button mouse. Ctrl-click leaves the user high and dry. @Singles has a better suggestion, even if it does leave a bit to the imagination. – AJFarkas Oct 10 '14 at 00:58

Blackjack · Answer 9 · 2021-05-05T09:36:54.917

Try this:

var cls = true;
var ops;

window.onload = function() {
    document.querySelector(".container").addEventListener("mouseenter", function() {
        cls = false;
    });
    document.querySelector(".container").addEventListener("mouseleave", function() {
        cls = true;
    });
    ops = document.querySelectorAll(".container td");
    for (let i = 0; i < ops.length; i++) {
        ops[i].addEventListener("click", function() {
            document.querySelector(".position").style.display = "none";
        });
    }

    ops[0].addEventListener("click", function() {
        setTimeout(function() {
            /* YOUR FUNCTION */
            alert("Alert 1!");
        }, 50);
    });

    ops[1].addEventListener("click", function() {
        setTimeout(function() {
            /* YOUR FUNCTION */
            alert("Alert 2!");
        }, 50);
    });

    ops[2].addEventListener("click", function() {
        setTimeout(function() {
            /* YOUR FUNCTION */
            alert("Alert 3!");
        }, 50);
    });

    ops[3].addEventListener("click", function() {
        setTimeout(function() {
            /* YOUR FUNCTION */
            alert("Alert 4!");
        }, 50);
    });

    ops[4].addEventListener("click", function() {
        setTimeout(function() {
            /* YOUR FUNCTION */
            alert("Alert 5!");
        }, 50);
    });
}

document.addEventListener("contextmenu", function() {
    var e = window.event;
    e.preventDefault();
    document.querySelector(".container").style.padding = "0px";

    var x = e.clientX;
    var y = e.clientY;

    var docX = window.innerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth || document.body.offsetWidth;
    var docY = window.innerHeight || document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight || document.body.offsetHeight;

    var border = parseInt(getComputedStyle(document.querySelector(".container"), null).getPropertyValue('border-width'));

    var objX = parseInt(getComputedStyle(document.querySelector(".container"), null).getPropertyValue('width')) + 2;
    var objY = parseInt(getComputedStyle(document.querySelector(".container"), null).getPropertyValue('height')) + 2;

    if (x + objX > docX) {
        let diff = (x + objX) - docX;
        x -= diff + border;
    }

    if (y + objY > docY) {
        let diff = (y + objY) - docY;
        y -= diff + border;
    }

    document.querySelector(".position").style.display = "block";

    document.querySelector(".position").style.top = y + "px";
    document.querySelector(".position").style.left = x + "px";
});

window.addEventListener("resize", function() {
    document.querySelector(".position").style.display = "none";
});

document.addEventListener("click", function() {
    if (cls) {
        document.querySelector(".position").style.display = "none";
    }
});

document.addEventListener("wheel", function() {
    if (cls) {
        document.querySelector(".position").style.display = "none";
        static = false;
    }
});

.position {
    position: absolute;
    width: 1px;
    height: 1px;
    z-index: 2;
    display: none;
}

.container {
    width: 220px;
    height: auto;
    border: 1px solid black;
    background: rgb(245, 243, 243);
}

.container p {
    height: 30px;
    font-size: 18px;
    font-family: arial;
    width: 99%;
    cursor: pointer;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    background: rgb(245, 243, 243);
    color: black;
    transition: 0.2s;
}

.container p:hover {
    background: lightblue;
}

td {
    font-family: arial;
    font-size: 20px;
}

td:hover {
    background: lightblue;
    transition: 0.2s;
    cursor: pointer;
}

<div class="position">
    <div class="container" align="center">
        <table style="text-align: left; width: 99%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
            <tbody>
                <tr>
                    <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">Option 1<br>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">Option 2<br>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">Option 3<br>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">Option 4<br>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">Option 5<br>
                    </td>
                </tr>
            </tbody>
        </table>
    </div>
</div>

I'd say this is the best answer because it shows an actuall snippet where you can see action occuring when you pick different options. +1! — , Jul 04 '21 at 11:33

ForceOfWill · Answer 10 · 2016-10-04T08:07:01.650

Here is a very good tutorial on how to build a custom context menu with a full working code example (without JQuery and other libraries).

You can also find their demo code on GitHub.

They give a detailed step-by-step explanation that you can follow along to build your own right-click context menu (including html, css and javascript code) and summarize it at the end by giving the complete example code.

You can follow along easily and adapt it to your own needs. And there is no need for JQuery or other libraries.

This is how their example menu code looks like:

<nav id="context-menu" class="context-menu">
    <ul class="context-menu__items">
      <li class="context-menu__item">
        <a href="#" class="context-menu__link" data-action="View"><i class="fa fa-eye"></i> View Task</a>
      </li>
      <li class="context-menu__item">
        <a href="#" class="context-menu__link" data-action="Edit"><i class="fa fa-edit"></i> Edit Task</a>
      </li>
      <li class="context-menu__item">
        <a href="#" class="context-menu__link" data-action="Delete"><i class="fa fa-times"></i> Delete Task</a>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </nav>

A working example (task list) can be found on codepen.

A short summary would help reviewers (like me) to judge the validity of your answer, and may save some readers from following that link. Just a sentence or two would be fine and not too much work. — Ingo Karkat, Oct 04 '16 at 07:15
@IngoKarkat Thanks for your advice. I added some explanation. Hope you find this helpful. It helped me a lot. — ForceOfWill, Oct 04 '16 at 08:07

score 7 · Answer 11 · answered Nov 10 '16 at 19:32

I know this has already been answered, but I spent some time wrestling with the second answer to get the native context menu to disappear and have it show up where the user clicked.
HTML

<body>
    <div id="test1">
        <a href="www.google.com" class="test">Google</a>
        <a href="www.google.com" class="test">Link 2</a>
        <a href="www.google.com" class="test">Link 3</a>
        <a href="www.google.com" class="test">Link 4</a>
    </div>

    <!-- initially hidden right-click menu -->
    <div class="hide" id="rmenu">
        <ul>
            <li class="White">White</li>
            <li>Green</li>
            <li>Yellow</li>
            <li>Orange</li>
            <li>Red</li>
            <li>Blue</li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</body>

CSS

.hide {
  display: none;
}

#rmenu {
  border: 1px solid black;
  background-color: white;
}

#rmenu ul {
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}
#rmenu li
{
  list-style: none;
  padding-left: 5px;
  padding-right: 5px;
}

JavaScript

if (document.getElementById('test1').addEventListener) {
    document.getElementById('test1').addEventListener('contextmenu', function(e) {
            $("#rmenu").toggleClass("hide");
            $("#rmenu").css(
              {
                position: "absolute",
                top: e.pageY,
                left: e.pageX
              }
            );
            e.preventDefault();
     }, false);
}

// this is from another SO post...  
$(document).bind("click", function(event) {
  document.getElementById("rmenu").className = "hide";
});

CodePen Example

AkshayBandivadekar · Answer 12 · 2015-08-07T07:20:25.850

Try This

$(function() {
var doubleClicked = false;
$(document).on("contextmenu", function (e) {
if(doubleClicked == false) {
e.preventDefault(); // To prevent the default context menu.
var windowHeight = $(window).height()/2;
var windowWidth = $(window).width()/2;
if(e.clientY > windowHeight && e.clientX <= windowWidth) {
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("left", e.clientX);
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("bottom", $(window).height()-e.clientY);
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("right", "auto");
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("top", "auto");
} else if(e.clientY > windowHeight && e.clientX > windowWidth) {
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("right", $(window).width()-e.clientX);
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("bottom", $(window).height()-e.clientY);
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("left", "auto");
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("top", "auto");
} else if(e.clientY <= windowHeight && e.clientX <= windowWidth) {
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("left", e.clientX);
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("top", e.clientY);
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("right", "auto");
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("bottom", "auto");
} else {
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("right", $(window).width()-e.clientX);
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("top", e.clientY);
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("left", "auto");
  $("#contextMenuContainer").css("bottom", "auto");
}
 $("#contextMenuContainer").fadeIn(500, FocusContextOut());
  doubleClicked = true;
} else {
  e.preventDefault();
  doubleClicked = false;
  $("#contextMenuContainer").fadeOut(500);
}
});
function FocusContextOut() {
 $(document).on("click", function () {
   doubleClicked = false; 
   $("#contextMenuContainer").fadeOut(500);
   $(document).off("click");           
 });
}
});

http://jsfiddle.net/AkshayBandivadekar/zakn7Lwb/14/

Code is great, but please include some description about what the OPs problem actually is, and how this solves it. — Rory McCrossan, Jul 11 '15 at 10:17
I like this solution, however in firefox 39 the menu dismisses on its own right after it comes up. — Matt, Jul 21 '15 at 18:51
This solution doesn't actually work if you force the page to have a scroll (say you add a bunch of
tags) and are somewhere in the bottom part of it. — DanielM, Jul 27 '15 at 17:59
You should be using clientX and clientY instead of pageX and pageY for this to work; check out this great answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9262741/what-is-the-difference-between-pagex-y-clientx-y-screenx-y-in-javascript — DanielM, Jul 27 '15 at 18:05
Yes, DanielM there is issue with right click menu while scrolling so this overcome by using clientX and clientY instead of pageX and pageY, I made changes to code. Thanks for help ... — AkshayBandivadekar, Aug 07 '15 at 07:22

score 3 · Answer 13 · answered Oct 20 '15 at 15:44

You can do it with this code. visit here for full tutorial with automatic edge detection http://www.voidtricks.com/custom-right-click-context-menu/

$(document).ready(function () {
 $("html").on("contextmenu",function(e){
        //prevent default context menu for right click
        e.preventDefault();

        var menu = $(".menu"); 

        //hide menu if already shown
        menu.hide(); 

        //get x and y values of the click event
        var pageX = e.pageX;
        var pageY = e.pageY;

        //position menu div near mouse cliked area
        menu.css({top: pageY , left: pageX});

        var mwidth = menu.width();
        var mheight = menu.height();
        var screenWidth = $(window).width();
        var screenHeight = $(window).height();

        //if window is scrolled
        var scrTop = $(window).scrollTop();

        //if the menu is close to right edge of the window
        if(pageX+mwidth > screenWidth){
        menu.css({left:pageX-mwidth});
        }

        //if the menu is close to bottom edge of the window
        if(pageY+mheight > screenHeight+scrTop){
        menu.css({top:pageY-mheight});
        }

        //finally show the menu
        menu.show();
 }); 

 $("html").on("click", function(){
 $(".menu").hide();
 });
 });

`

score 1 · Answer 14 · edited Oct 29 '13 at 05:35

1

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
  document.oncontextmenu = RightMouseDown; 
  document.onmousedown = mouseDown; 

  function mouseDown(e) {
    if (e.which==3) {//righClick
      alert("Right-click menu goes here");
    } 
  }

  function RightMouseDown() { 
    return false; 
  }
</script>
</body> 
</html>

edited Oct 29 '13 at 05:35

MKB

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You know theres an `oncontextmenu` event which gets fired (usually on right click) – megawac Oct 28 '13 at 21:24

score 1 · Answer 15 · answered Feb 12 '14 at 23:45

A simple way you could do it is use onContextMenu to return a JavaScript function:

<input type="button" value="Example" onContextMenu="return RightClickFunction();">

<script>
 function RightClickFunction() {
  // Enter your code here;
  return false;
 }
</script>

And by entering return false; you will cancel out the context menu.

if you still want to display the context menu you can just remove the return false; line.

score 1 · Answer 16 · answered Jun 22 '14 at 10:17

1

Tested and works in Opera 12.17, firefox 30, Internet Explorer 9 and chrome 26.0.1410.64

document.oncontextmenu =function( evt ){
        alert("OK?");
        return false;
        }

answered Jun 22 '14 at 10:17

raphpell

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Wouldn't that jut show an alert when the context menu appears? I don't see how it would customize it. – Stephen Ostermiller Jun 22 '14 at 10:54
Hello @StephenOstermiller! The `return false` hides the normal context menu - so then we can change the alert to something else, such as displaying a custom one using `element.style.display = "block";` or something – corn on the cob Oct 25 '20 at 12:30

score 1 · Answer 17 · edited Dec 20 '22 at 17:38

<script>
function fun(){
document.getElementById('menu').style.display="block";
}

</script>
<div id="menu" style="display: none"> menu items</div>

<body oncontextmenu="fun();return false;">

What I'm doing up here

Create your own custom div menu and set the position: absolute and display:none in case.
Add to the page or element to be clicked the oncontextmenu event.
Cancel the default browser action with return false.
User js to invoke your own actions.

score 1 · Answer 18 · answered Sep 04 '22 at 13:55

For those looking for a very simple self-contained implementation of a custom context menu using bootstrap 5 and jQuery 3, here it is...

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.0/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-gH2yIJqKdNHPEq0n4Mqa/HGKIhSkIHeL5AyhkYV8i59U5AR6csBvApHHNl/vI1Bx" crossorigin="anonymous">
    <title>Custom Context Menu</title>
</head>
<style>
#context-menu {
  position: absolute;
  display: none;
}
</style>
<body>
    <div class="container-fluid p-5">
        <div class="row p-5">
            <div class="col-4">
                <span id="some-element" class="border border-2 border-primary p-5">Some element</span>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div id="context-menu" class="dropdown clearfix">
            <ul class="dropdown-menu" style="display:block;position:static;margin-bottom:5px;">
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#" data-value="copy">Copy</a></li>
              <li><hr class="dropdown-divider"></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#" data-value="select-all">Select All</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div>       
        <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.1.min.js" integrity="sha256-o88AwQnZB+VDvE9tvIXrMQaPlFFSUTR+nldQm1LuPXQ=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
        <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.0/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js" integrity="sha384-A3rJD856KowSb7dwlZdYEkO39Gagi7vIsF0jrRAoQmDKKtQBHUuLZ9AsSv4jD4Xa" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
        <script>
            $('body').on('contextmenu', '#some-element', function(e) {
                $('#context-menu').css({
                    display: "block",
                    left: e.pageX,
                    top: e.pageY
                });
                return false;
            });
            $('html').click(function() {
                $('#context-menu').hide();
            });
            $("#context-menu li a").click(function(e){
                console.log('in context-menu item, value = ' + $(this).data('value'));
            });
        </script>
    </body>
</html>

Adapted from https://codepen.io/anirugu/pen/xjjxvG

I wonder if bootstrap's popover component could be used? – Phillip Senn Dec 20 '22 at 17:57 — Phillip Senn, Dec 20 '22 at 17:57

score 0 · Answer 19 · edited Oct 10 '14 at 17:50

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You should remember if you want to use the Firefox only solution, if you want to add it to the whole document you should add contextmenu="mymenu" to the <html> tag not to the body tag.
You should pay attention to this.

edited Oct 10 '14 at 17:50

Volker E.

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answered Oct 10 '14 at 17:45

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score 0 · Answer 20 · edited Feb 23 '17 at 08:26

<html>
<head>
<style>
.rightclick {
    /* YOUR CONTEXTMENU'S CSS */
    visibility: hidden;
    background-color: white;
    border: 1px solid grey;
    width: 200px;
    height: 300px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
  <div class="rightclick" id="ya">
    <p onclick="alert('choc-a-late')">I like chocolate</p><br><p onclick="awe-so-me">I AM AWESOME</p>
  </div>
  <p>Right click to get sweet results!</p>
</body>
<script>
    document.onclick = noClick;
    document.oncontextmenu = rightClick;
    function rightClick(e) {
        e = e || window.event;
        e.preventDefault();
        document.getElementById("ya").style.visibility = "visible";
        console.log("Context Menu v1.3.0 by IamGuest opened.");
   }
function noClick() {
    document.getElementById("ya").style.visibility = "hidden";
    console.log("Context Menu v1.3.0 by IamGuest closed.");
}
</script>
<!-- Coded by IamGuest. Thank you for using this code! -->
</html>

You can tweak and modify this code to make a better looking, more efficient contextmenu. As for modifying an existing contextmenu, I'm not sure how to do that... Check out this fiddle for an organized point of view. Also, try clicking the items in my contextmenu. They should alert you a few awesome messages. If they don't work, try something more... complex.

score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Jul 04 '18 at 19:26

I use something similar to the following jsfiddle

function onright(el, cb) {
    //disable right click
    document.body.oncontextmenu = 'return false';
    el.addEventListener('contextmenu', function (e) { e.preventDefault(); return false });
    el.addEventListener('mousedown', function (e) {
        e = e || window.event;
        if (~~(e.button) === 2) {
            if (e.preventDefault) {
                e.preventDefault();
            } else {
                e.returnValue = false;
            }
            return false;
        }
    });

    // then bind Your cb
    el.addEventListener('mousedown', function (e) {
        e = e || window.event;
        ~~(e.button) === 2 && cb.call(el, e);
    });
}

if You target older IE browsers you should anyway complete it with the ' attachEvent; case

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