Information passed to the menus.onClicked
event listener when a menu item is clicked.
Values of this type are objects. They contain the following properties:
bookmarkId
Optional
string
. The ID of the bookmark where the context menu was clicked.button
Optional
integer
. Which mouse button was pressed. The values are the same as for MouseEvent.button
.checked
Optional
boolean
. A flag indicating whether a checkbox or radio item was checked after it was clicked.editable
boolean
. A flag indicating whether the element is editable: for example, if it is a textarea.frameId
Optional
integer
. The ID of the frame in which the item was clicked. The frame ID can be used in other APIs that accept frame IDs, such as tabs.sendMessage()
. If the item was clicked in the top level document, frameId
is zero. If the item was clicked outside the page entirely (for example, in the tools_menu
or tab
context), then frameId
is undefined
.frameUrl
Optional
string
. The URL of the frame of the element where the context menu was clicked, if it was in a frame.linkText
Optional
string
. If the element is a link, the text for the link. If the link contains no text, the URL itself is given here.linkUrl
Optional
string
. If the element is a link, the URL it points to.mediaType
Optional
string
. One of "image", "video", or "audio" if the context menu was activated on one of these types of elements.menuItemId
integer
or string
. The ID of the menu item that was clicked.modifiers
array
of string
. An array containing any modifier keys that were pressed when the item was clicked. Possible values are: "Alt", "Command", "Ctrl", "MacCtrl", and "Shift". On a Mac, if the user has the Control key pressed, then both "Ctrl" and "MacCtrl" are included.pageUrl
Optional
string
. The URL of the page in which the menu item was clicked. This property is not present if the click occurred in a context where there is no current page, such as on a browser action.parentMenuItemId
Optional
integer
or string
. The parent ID, if any, for the item clicked.selectionText
Optional
string
. If some text was selected in the page, this contains the selected text.srcUrl
Optional
string
. Will be present for elements with a "src" URL.targetElementId
Optional
integer
. An identifier of the element, if any, over which the context menu was created. Use menus.getTargetElement()
in the content script to locate the element. Note that this is not the id attribute of the page element.viewType
Optional
ViewType
. The type of extension view.wasChecked
Optional
boolean
. A flag indicating whether a checkbox or radio item was checked before it was clicked.Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
OnClickData |
Yes |
14 |
55
48
|
? |
Yes |
14 |
? |
? |
No |
? |
? |
? |
bookmarkId |
No |
No |
59 |
? |
No |
No |
? |
? |
No |
? |
? |
? |
button |
No |
No |
64 |
? |
No |
No |
? |
? |
No |
? |
? |
? |
frameId |
35 |
≤79 |
55 |
? |
Yes |
14 |
? |
? |
No |
? |
? |
? |
linkText |
No |
No |
56 |
? |
No |
No |
? |
? |
No |
? |
? |
? |
modifiers |
No |
No |
54 |
? |
No |
No |
? |
? |
No |
? |
? |
? |
targetElementId |
No |
No |
63 |
? |
No |
No |
? |
? |
No |
? |
? |
? |
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.contextMenus
API. This documentation is derived from context_menus.json
in the Chromium code.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/menus/OnClickData