About context (shortcut) menus for components
A context menu, or shortcut menu, is a global object that defines a standard right-click menu, which displays a list of commands. Each command is associated with an event in the menu definition. An event can be either a standard event or a user-defined event.
You can associate a context menu with any component. A context menu is activated when a user right-clicks the component.
Commands on standard context menus
Windows client provides a set of predefined context menus that present commands for launching standard events. The most commonly used commands on standard context menus include:
| Menu Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Launches the Add/Details form defined for the component and initializes the form for the insertion of a new IDO item. | |
| Launches the Add/Details form defined for the component and initializes the form to the IDO item identified by the current value of the component. | |
| Launches the Edit Grid Column Visibility and Order dialog box for the selected grid component. | |
| Launches the Find form defined for the component. | |
| Displays help defined for the component. | |
| For graph components, displays the graph's Properties dialog box. |
Standard context menus and their options
The options supported on some of the standard context menus include:
| Standard ContextMenu Name | Add | Details | Find | Help | Properties | Edit Grid Columns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StdAddFind | x | x | x | |||
| StdDefault | x | |||||
| StdDetails | x | x | ||||
| StdDetailsAdd | x | x | x | |||
| StdDetailsAddFind | x | x | x | x | ||
| StdDetailsFind | x | x | x | |||
| StdFind | x | x | ||||
| StdGraphDefault | x | x | ||||
| StdGrid | x | x | ||||
| StdHelp | x |