Latest revision as of 23:53, 29 May 2008

Much like the toolbar, the Context Menu groups a set of tools to interact with the editor. The main difference is that the context menu is, as its name says, contextual to the current selection in the editor. It displays only the main tools that are useful for the selection.

Each context menu item has a "weight", a numeric value that defines its position in the list. Plugins and developer customizations can use that weight to position their items in a specific place in the menu. All default items have a huge amount of empty weights between each item, leaving room for new entries.

The most common way to activate the context menu is by right clicking inside the editor. There are some limitation in the browser that could make it impossible to use the right button in the mouse for our needs, so other alternative ways should be available, like left click and hold, or combinations like CTRL and click.

Accessibility

The following features are included to make the context menu accessible:

• A configurable keyboard combination can be used to open the context menu.
• ARROW keys, TAB and SHIFT+TAB can be used to navigate through the menu items.
• The ENTER key selects the current item.
• The ESC key closes the context menu.
• All items are properly read once activated.