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.)

Event	IE 5.5	IE 6	IE 7	IE8b1	FF 2	FF 3b5	Saf 3.0 Win	Saf 3.1 Win	Opera 9.26	Opera 9.5b	Konqueror 3.5.7
On the window	No				Yes		No		No		No
On the window	Is the contexmenu event available on the window?
On the document	Yes				Yes		Yes		No		No
On the document	Is the contexmenu event available on the document?
On any element	Yes				Yes		Yes		No		No
On any element	Is the contexmenu event available on any element?
Event bubbling The event should bubble.	Yes				Yes		Yes		Untestable		Untestable
Event bubbling The event should bubble.
Cancel bubble	Yes				Too many		Yes		Untestable		Untestable
Cancel bubble	When you cancel the bubble in Firefox, the event fires twice on its target.
Prevent default The point of this event: can you suppress the context menu? Should be possible.	Yes			No	Yes	Buggy	Yes		Untestable		Untestable
	Firefox 3 prevents the default when you cancel the bubbling, and not when you try to prevent the default.
Event	IE 5.5	IE 6	IE 7	IE8b1	FF 2	FF 3b5	Saf 3.0 Win	Saf 3.1 Win	Opera 9.26	Opera 9.5b	Konqueror 3.5.7