Description
This property provides a scripting interface to the context (popup, right-click) menu of a window or control.
Declaration
TestObj.PopupMenu
Read-Only Property | A Menu object |
TestObj | A variable, parameter or expression that specifies a reference to one of the objects listed in the Applies To section |
Applies To
The property is applied to the following object:
The top-level windows and controls.
View Mode
To view this property in the Object Browser panel and in other panels and dialogs, activate the Advanced view mode.
Property Value
A Menu
object that corresponds to the window's context menu.
Remarks
-
Important: before using the context menu, open it on screen. To do this, call the
ClickR
method of the desired window or control, or send an Application keypress to it with theKeys
method. -
Using the returned
Menu
object, you can select items of the context menu. To do this, use theClick
method. For more information on available menu actions, see the description of theMenu
object. -
For .NET application users: to access context menus created with the Microsoft MenuStrip Class Library, use the
StripPopupMenu
property rather than thePopupMenu
property. -
For Java application users: to access context menus of Java windows and controls, use the
SwingPopupMenu
property.
Example
To view an example that demonstrates how to use the PopupMenu
property, see Entering Text into an Edit Control.
See Also
MainMenu Property
StripPopupMenu Property
SwingPopupMenu Property
SystemMenu Property
Simulating Menu Actions