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(function ($, window) {
$.fn.contextMenu = function (settings) {
return this.each(function () {
// Open context menu
$(this).on("contextmenu", function (e) {
//open menu
$(settings.menuSelector)
.data("invokedOn", $(e.target))
.show()
.css({
position: "absolute",
left: getLeftLocation(e),
top: getTopLocation(e)
});
//add click listener on menu
ContextMenuClickHandler();
return false;
});
// click handler for context menu
function ContextMenuClickHandler() {
$(settings.menuSelector)
.off('click')
.on( 'click', function (e) {
$(this).hide();
var $invokedOn = $(this).data("invokedOn");
var $selectedMenu = $(e.target);
settings.menuSelected.call($(this), $invokedOn, $selectedMenu);
});
}
//make sure menu closes on any click
$(document).click(function () {
$(settings.menuSelector).hide();
});
});
function getLeftLocation(e) {
var mouseWidth = e.pageX;
var pageWidth = $(window).width();
var menuWidth = $(settings.menuSelector).width();
// opening menu would pass the side of the page
if (mouseWidth + menuWidth > pageWidth &&
menuWidth < mouseWidth) {
return mouseWidth - menuWidth;
}
return mouseWidth;
}
function getTopLocation(e) {
var mouseHeight = e.pageY;
var pageHeight = $(window).height();
var menuHeight = $(settings.menuSelector).height();
// opening menu would pass the bottom of the page
if (mouseHeight + menuHeight > pageHeight &&
menuHeight < mouseHeight) {
return mouseHeight - menuHeight;
}
return mouseHeight;
}
};
})(jQuery, window);
$("#myTable td").contextMenu({
menuSelector: "#contextMenu",
menuSelected: function (invokedOn, selectedMenu) {
var msg = "You selected the menu item '" + selectedMenu.text() +
"' on the value '" + invokedOn.text() + "'";
alert(msg);
}
});
<table id="myTable" class="table table-hover">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>#</th>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Username</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<ul id="contextMenu" class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" style="display:none" >
<li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Action</a></li>
<li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Another action</a></li>
<li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
</ul>
<!-- Post Info -->
<div style='position:fixed;bottom:0;left:0;
background:lightgray;width:100%;'>
About this SO Question: <a href='http://stackoverflow.com/q/18666601/1366033'>Use Bootstrap 3 dropdown menu as context menu</a><br/>
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