Context Menu"

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If you began working with a text a context menu will become very useful to you. The context menu is a menu which will appear when you'll click your mouse right button anywhere inside the editing area.
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Once you start working with text, the '''context menu''' becomes very useful. It's a menu which will appear when you click the right button of your mouse anywhere inside the [[FCKeditor_2.x/Users_Guide/Interface/Editing_Area|editing area]].
  
 
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[[Image:Contextmenu.png]]<br>
 
[[Image:Contextmenu.png]]<br>
  
Other options may appear if you click on an object you've created or inserted e.g.a table:<br>
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As it names indicates the menu is '''context sensitive''', which means that the available items depend on the place you click. For example, the following options may appear if you click inside a table:<br>
  
 
[[Image:Table context.png|Image:Table_context.png]]
 
[[Image:Table context.png|Image:Table_context.png]]
  
If you want to access the options of the menu point the cursor on the function you want to run. The function will highlight and then you can click it.&nbsp;Some of the functions maybe disabled. For example: the cut and copy function will be disabled if the text isn't highlighted.
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It's enough to click the menu item to execute its function. Some of the functions maybe disabled. For example, the cut and copy options will be disabled if there is no text highlighted.

Revision as of 01:17, 20 December 2007

Once you start working with text, the context menu becomes very useful. It's a menu which will appear when you click the right button of your mouse anywhere inside the editing area.

Example:

Contextmenu.png

As it names indicates the menu is context sensitive, which means that the available items depend on the place you click. For example, the following options may appear if you click inside a table:

Image:Table_context.png

It's enough to click the menu item to execute its function. Some of the functions maybe disabled. For example, the cut and copy options will be disabled if there is no text highlighted.