Deprecated
This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.
The show event is fired when a contextmenu event was fired on/bubbled to an element that has a contextmenu attribute.
| Bubbles | No |
|---|---|
| Cancelable | No |
| Interface | Event |
| Event handler property | onshow |
Examples
<div contextmenu="test"></div>
<menu type="context" id="test">
<menuitem label="alert" onclick="alert('the alert label has been clicked')" />
</menu>
<script>
document.getElementById("test").addEventListener("show", function(e){
alert("the context menu will be displayed");
}, false);
</script>
Specifications
| Specification | Status |
|---|---|
| HTML5 The definition of 'show event' in that specification. |
Recommendation |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
show event | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox Full support Yes | IE ? | Opera ? | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.