Events - contextmenu

contextmenu

The contextmenu event fires when the user calls the context menu by right-clicking.

Its purpose is to allow web developers to disable the context menu. (Why do people want to do that? I have no idea.)

Test	IE 5.5	IE 6	IE 7	IE8	IE9	IE10 pr2	FF 7.0 Win	FF 6.1 Mac	Saf 5.1 Win	Saf 5.1 Mac	Chrome 14 Win	Chrome 13 Mac	Opera 11.51 Win	Opera 11.51 Mac
On the window	No				Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
On the window	Is the contexmenu event available on the window?
On the document	Yes			Buggy	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
On the document	Is the contexmenu event available on the document? IE8 always prevents the default if there’s a contextmenu event defined.
On any element	Yes			Buggy	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
On any element	Is the contexmenu event available on any element? IE8 always prevents the default if there’s a contextmenu event defined, with the exception of links.
Event bubbling The event should bubble.	Yes						Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Event bubbling The event should bubble.
Cancel bubble	Yes						Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Cancel bubble
Prevent default The point of this event: can you suppress the context menu? Should be possible.	Yes			Buggy	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
	IE8 always prevents the default if there’s a contextmenu event defined.
Test	IE 5.5	IE 6	IE 7	IE8	IE9	IE10 pr2	FF 7.0 Win	FF 6.1 Mac	Saf 5.1 Win	Saf 5.1 Mac	Chrome 14 Win	Chrome 13 Mac	Opera 11.51 Win	Opera 11.51 Mac