Context Menu"

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Once user starts working with text, the '''context menu''' becomes very useful. Context menu is a type of menu which appears when user clicks the right button of mouse anywhere inside the [[CKEditor_3.x/Users_Guide/Interface/Editing Area|Editing Area]] or anywhere on the existing object.
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The '''context menu''' is very useful tool. It is a menu which appears after User activates the right button of mouse anywhere inside the [[CKEditor_3.x/Users_Guide/Interface/Editing Area|Editing Area]] anywhere on the existing object.  
  
 
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As the name indicates the menu is '''context sensitive''', which means that the available items depend on the place user clicks. For example, the following options may appear if user clicks inside a table::<br>
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The menu is '''context sensitive''', which means that available menu depends on where (on which place of the program) user clicks. For example, the following options appear if user clicks inside a table:<br>
  
 
[[Image:CKEditor_contextmenu_table.png]]<br>
 
[[Image:CKEditor_contextmenu_table.png]]<br>
  
It is sufficient to click the menu item once in order to execute its function. Some of the functions may be disabled. For example, the cut and the copy options will be disabled if there is no text highlighted.
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To execute available options the menu item needs to be pressed only once. Please notice that some functions may not be available. For example, the cut and the copy options will not work unless the text is not highlighted.

Revision as of 06:44, 13 September 2010

The context menu is very useful tool. It is a menu which appears after User activates the right button of mouse anywhere inside the Editing Area anywhere on the existing object.

Example:

CKEditor context menu.png


The menu is context sensitive, which means that available menu depends on where (on which place of the program) user clicks. For example, the following options appear if user clicks inside a table:

CKEditor contextmenu table.png


To execute available options the menu item needs to be pressed only once. Please notice that some functions may not be available. For example, the cut and the copy options will not work unless the text is not highlighted.