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*Disclaimer:
** I am new to the land of HTML, Browser addin's and javascript.
*This project is my first in this area. So I apolgize in advance for
*incorrect terminology.
I am trying to add a cascading menu to the IE (IE7) context menu.
I want something like
* Undo
* Cut
* Copy
* Paste
* my_menu -----> Item 1
* Select ALL********* Item 2
******************************* :
*************************** Item n
The Item 1 - Item n* menu will be populated from info saved in
a file that can be updated continously.
I have accomplished this task for Firefox using some javascript
to get hold of an id for the my_menu item from the DOM.
For IE I have not made progress. I can add a single entry to the
context menu by adding an entry to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER:Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/MenuExt
and create a .html file that invokes a javascript just fine. It appears
that this is not going to get me where I need since I need to invoke
the javascript to build the submenu items on a mouseover type event.
Web searches lead to believe that the scheme of adding an
entry to the registry that references a .html file that invokes some
javascript is not going to work. As near as I can tell from 'tutorials' I
have found I will need to create some HTML and add it to the
window.document.body* via* body.innerHTML.
* My questions:
***** 1. Do I have to create a popup menu and insert it into the body
********* of the document?* If not then how do I add submenu items to
********* the context menu?
** * 2.* Assuming I create a popup and insert it into the body, is there
********* an online tutorial that is simple enough that a browser novice
********* like me can get something minimal going? Just getting some-
********* thing to popup as a result of putting the mouse in the new
********* my_menu item would be great. It wouldn't even have to be
********* well positioned initally.
**** 3. Does anyone know of any books that give details of adding
******** functionality to browsers in general and IE in particular?
After the apparent simplicity of adding the entries to the Firefox
context menu I am frustrated and baffled by the seeming difficulty
getting the same thing accomplished for IE.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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** I am new to the land of HTML, Browser addin's and javascript.
*This project is my first in this area. So I apolgize in advance for
*incorrect terminology.
I am trying to add a cascading menu to the IE (IE7) context menu.
I want something like
* Undo
* Cut
* Copy
* Paste
* my_menu -----> Item 1
* Select ALL********* Item 2
******************************* :
*************************** Item n
The Item 1 - Item n* menu will be populated from info saved in
a file that can be updated continously.
I have accomplished this task for Firefox using some javascript
to get hold of an id for the my_menu item from the DOM.
For IE I have not made progress. I can add a single entry to the
context menu by adding an entry to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER:Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/MenuExt
and create a .html file that invokes a javascript just fine. It appears
that this is not going to get me where I need since I need to invoke
the javascript to build the submenu items on a mouseover type event.
Web searches lead to believe that the scheme of adding an
entry to the registry that references a .html file that invokes some
javascript is not going to work. As near as I can tell from 'tutorials' I
have found I will need to create some HTML and add it to the
window.document.body* via* body.innerHTML.
* My questions:
***** 1. Do I have to create a popup menu and insert it into the body
********* of the document?* If not then how do I add submenu items to
********* the context menu?
** * 2.* Assuming I create a popup and insert it into the body, is there
********* an online tutorial that is simple enough that a browser novice
********* like me can get something minimal going? Just getting some-
********* thing to popup as a result of putting the mouse in the new
********* my_menu item would be great. It wouldn't even have to be
********* well positioned initally.
**** 3. Does anyone know of any books that give details of adding
******** functionality to browsers in general and IE in particular?
After the apparent simplicity of adding the entries to the Firefox
context menu I am frustrated and baffled by the seeming difficulty
getting the same thing accomplished for IE.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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