HTML
<table id="myTable" class="table table-hover">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>#</th>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Username</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<ul id="contextMenu" class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" style="display:none" >
<li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Action</a></li>
<li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Another action</a></li>
<li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
</ul>
JAVASCRIPT
(function ($, window) {
$.fn.contextMenu = function (settings) {
return this.each(function () {
// Open context menu
$(this).on("contextmenu", function (e) {
// return native menu if pressing control
if (e.ctrlKey) return;
//open menu
var $menu = $(settings.menuSelector)
.data("invokedOn", $(e.target))
.show()
.css({
position: "absolute",
left: getMenuPosition(e.clientX, 'width', 'scrollLeft'),
top: getMenuPosition(e.clientY, 'height', 'scrollTop')
})
.off('click')
.on('click', 'a', function (e) {
$menu.hide();
var $invokedOn = $menu.data("invokedOn");
var $selectedMenu = $(e.target);
settings.menuSelected.call(this, $invokedOn, $selectedMenu);
});
return false;
});
//make sure menu closes on any click
$('body').click(function () {
$(settings.menuSelector).hide();
});
});
function getMenuPosition(mouse, direction, scrollDir) {
var win = $(window)[direction](),
scroll = $(window)[scrollDir](),
menu = $(settings.menuSelector)[direction](),
position = mouse + scroll;
// opening menu would pass the side of the page
if (mouse + menu > win && menu < mouse)
position -= menu;
return position;
}
};
})(jQuery, window);
$("#myTable td").contextMenu({
menuSelector: "#contextMenu",
menuSelected: function (invokedOn, selectedMenu) {
var msg = "You selected the menu item '" + selectedMenu.text() +
"' on the value '" + invokedOn.text() + "'";
alert(msg);
}
});
