ContextMenu: A pop-up menu triggered by a right mouse click (Windows, Linux, etc), or control-click (Mac). The idea is that your graphical objects are nouns and the context menu provides appropriate verbs (NounsAndVerbs), very similar to messages to an object. This a common UserInterfacePattern also seen in SmalltalkLanguage and NakedObjects. ---- '''Q:''' How does one create a ContextMenu for a Web application? '''A:''' Use JavaScript. An example (for InternetExplorer) is given at http://javascript.internet.com/page-details/right-click-menu.html. It's claimed that if you use Netscape, you need at least Netscape 6. An example for NS6 (or IE5+) is given at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/contextmenu.htm. '''Q:''' Why can't I create a ContextMenu for a Web application in PHP/CeeLanguage/MySql/etc? '''A:''' Bringing up a context menu must be done in JavaScript because by the time the browser gets the page, PHP & MySql are no longer part of the picture. A browser requests a Web page from a server; the server uses PHP and MySql to build the page. Once the page is built, PHP & MySql's job is done. Anything that happens once the page is returned (e.g., activating a context menu) must be done on the browser side. That means JavaLanguage, JavaScript, MacromediaFlash, etc. Check out any book on Web app development if this isn't clear. ---- You can conditionally output JavaScript with PHP though. eg. function js_alert($msg) { ?>