Manual:Extension/BlueSpiceContextMenu

Contents

1 What is

ContextMenu

?

2 Where do I find ContextMenu?

3 Settings for ContextMenu

4 Administration

5 See also

What is ContextMenu?

ContextMenu replaces the default browser context menu with wiki functions - depending on the context and user permissions. Context dialogues will open by clicking on the right mouse button at an internal link. You will see article tools like “delete“. Intermediate steps are obsolete. This is just an example – the developer Hallo Welt! can now integrate different functionalities for different links – just let us know your idea – we will customize it for you.

Where do I find ContextMenu?

Using the context menu

Click on the right mouse button at an internal link. In this case related actions like "edit" this page will be offered.

Settings for ContextMenu

Context menu opens when right clicking components that support ContextMenu functionitly, namely, internal links and file links.

The context menu opens when you right-click on a component, such as a link or an image.

Context menu on a file (image)

On internal links, the context menu display quick links for basic page actions, like:

• Editing page
• Viewing page history
• Moving page
• Deleting page...

On file links, some additional options are shown, like:

• Opening file page
• Downloading file
• Uploading new version of the file
• Opening files using client application (when available)

Exact content of ContextMenu menu depends on the wiki configuration

Settings

You can also decide if you want those context dialogues to pop up by clicking on the right mouse button or “CTRL and right-click”. With the last named combination your browser functionalities will open.

Go to user menu, click on Preferences:

you will find BlueSpice:

There you can choose will you use: Click on

User preference settings

Settings for the context menu are located in the user preferences (page Special:Preferences), under the "Appearance" tab. The setting is applied separate for each user.

The context menu has two modes:

or: Click on

• Click using the right mouse button and pressing CTRL (Normal right mouse button will show default browser menu)

• Click using the right mouse button (Pressing CTRL will show default browser context menu)

And Save it:

Administration

If you want to use context dialogues they have to be activated by an administrator first (deactivated by default).

See also

Our reference page.

Related info

• Reference:BlueSpiceContextMenu