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browserSettings.contextMenuShowEvent

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A {{WebExtAPIRef("types.BrowserSetting", "BrowserSetting")}} object which determines whether the browser's context menu is shown on the mouseup event or on the mousedown event.

Its underlying value is a string that may be either "mouseup" or "mousedown".

The default value is "mouseup" on Windows, and "mousedown" on macOS and Linux. Assigning to it on Windows has no effect - the setting is only designed to allow the context menu to be opened on mouseup instead of mousedown, not the inverse.

Examples

Set the setting to "mouseup":

js
function logResult(result) {
  console.log(`Setting was modified: ${result}`);
}

browser.browserSettings.contextMenuShowEvent
  .set({ value: "mouseup" })
  .then(logResult);

{{WebExtExamples}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}