3 jQuery plugins to show context menu

A context menu (also contextual menu, shortcut menu and, popup menu) is a menu in a graphical user interface (GUI) that appears upon user interaction, such as a right mouse click. Context menus offer a limited set of items that apply to the current state, or context, of the system or application in which the context menu is invoked

Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_menu)

Here is a review of 3 jQuery plugins that can override the browser default context menu with our own context menu.

Opera browser doesn’t support custom context menu

ContextMenu by Chris Domigan

It is one of the earliest plugin to show context menu. It is fully customizable and supports callback
functionality.

jContext

It is a very lightweight jQuery plugin to show context menus (0.6KB when minified). The menu is fully customizable using HTML and CSS.

Dependencies	jQuery 1.2
Size	Less than 1KB (Compressed)
Restrictions	None
Demo	Open | Open in new window
Info & Download	Open | Open in new window
Supported Browsers	Firefox 1.5+, IE 6.0+

jQuery Context Menu Plugin By Cory S.N. LaViska

This is the most powerful plugin with many customization options and callback support.

Advantages

Fully Customizable via CSS

Supports keyboard shortcuts

Ability to disable menu/menu items on the fly

Dependencies	jQuery 1.2.6 Or jQuery 1.2 with dimensions plugin
Size	Less than 7KB (Uncompressed)
Restrictions	None
Demo	Open | Open in new window
Info & Download	Open
Supported Browsers	Firefox 2 & 3, IE 6.0+, Safari, Chrome

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