This is an experimental technology
Because this technology's specification has not stabilized, check the compatibility table for usage in various browsers. Also note that the syntax and behavior of an experimental technology is subject to change in future versions of browsers as the specification changes.
The HTMLElement.contextMenu property refers to the context menu assigned to an element using the contextmenu attribute. The menu itself is created using the <menu> element.
Syntax
var elementContextMenu = element.contextMenu;
Example
var contextMenu = document.getElementById("element").contextMenu;
// Change the label of the first menu entry
contextMenu.firstElementChild.label = "New label";
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLElement.contextMenu' in that specification. |
Living Standard | No change |
| HTML5.1 The definition of 'HTMLElement.contextMenu' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
| Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | No support[1] | ? | (Yes) | No support | No support[1] | ? |
| Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
[1] An experimental implementation is available via the command line option --enable-blink-features=ContextMenu. Until Chrome 52 and Opera 39 it was additionally available by enabling the Experimental Web Platform features option, but got removed from that due to a Web compatibility issue. Support for this feature is requested in Chromium bug 87553.