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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > ContextMenu > onSelect (ContextMenu.onSelect handler)

onSelect (ContextMenu.onSelect handler)

Called when a user invokes the Flash Player context menu, but before the menu is actually displayed. This event handler allows customization of the contents of the context menu based on the current application state.

It is also possible to specify the callback handler for a ContextMenu object when constructing a new ContextMenu object. For more information, see the ContextMenuItem onSelect entry.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 7

Parameters

item:Object - A reference to the object (movie clip, button, or selectable text field) that was under the mouse pointer when the Flash Player context menu was invoked and whose menu property is set to a valid ContextMenu object.

item_menu:Object - A reference to the ContextMenu object assigned to the menu property of object.

Example

The following example determines over what type of object the context menu was invoked.

my_cm:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu();
function menuHandler(obj:Object, menu:ContextMenu) {
    if(obj instanceof MovieClip) {
        trace("Movie clip: " + obj);
    }
    if(obj instanceof TextField) {
        trace("Text field: " + obj);
    }
    if(obj instanceof Button) {
        trace("Button: " + obj);
    }
}
my_cm.onSelect = menuHandler;
my_mc.menu = my_cm;
my_btn.menu = my_cm;

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