I am trying to create an option in the right-click menu that is dynamic based on the user's action. If the user selects some text, then right-clicks, the option will say "Display It". If the user right-clicks without selecting some text, the option will say "Select Some Text First" and be grayed out. I am wondering how do I achieve this?
I currently have it so that the option will appear only when the user has selected some text. I am unsure how to modify it to meet my second requirements.
chrome.contextMenus.create ({
title:"Display It!", contexts:["selection"], onclick:function(info,tab) {
chrome.tabs.sendRequest(
tab.id,
{callFunction: "displaySidebar", info: info},
function(response) {console.log(response);}
);
}
});
You cant grey an item out...Chrome has gone to a bit of effort to only make context menu items appear when its relevant which is why i guess theres no grey out option. Your way goes against what Chrome have tried to implement and I think you really should rethink the way you go about this.
Saying that, you can use the chrome.contextMenus.update to change a menu item.
The following code is about as good as your going to get it your way (seriously, rethink this idea)....
function selectedTrueOnClick(info, tab) {
chrome.tabs.sendRequest(
tab.id, {
callFunction: "displaySidebar",
info: info
}, function(response) {
console.log(response);
});
}
function selectedFalseOnClick(info, tab) {
//
}
var contextMenuID = chrome.contextMenus.create({
title: "Select some text",
contexts: ["all"],
onclick: selectedFalseOnClick
});
function contextMenuUpdate(selected) {
if (selected) chrome.contextMenus.update(contextMenuID, {
title: 'You selected "%s"',
contexts: ["all"],
onclick: selectedTrueOnClick
});
else chrome.contextMenus.update(contextMenuID, {
title: "Select some text",
contexts: ["all"],
onclick: selectedTrueOnClick
});
}
contextMenuUpdate(false);
I was looking to accomplish the same thing as the original post, and was able to get it working using some message passing. Regardless of whether it's bad practice or not, I used the enabled(true/false) contextMenu property to leave my context menu option present, but grayed out.
I created a context menu. The important property is the id. The rest is mostly arbitrary because it will be changed dynamically.
In content.js
//This event listener will determine if the context menu should be updated
//based on if the right-button was clicked and if there is a selection or not
document.addEventListener("mousedown", function(event){
if (event.button !== 2) {
return false;
}
var selected = window.getSelection().toString();
if(event.button == 2 && selected != '') {
//get selected text and send request to bkgd page to create menu
chrome.extension.sendMessage({
'message': 'updateContextMenu',
'selection': true});
} else {
chrome.extension.sendMessage({
'message': 'updateContextMenu',
'selection': false});
}
}, true);
In background.js:
//add a message listener that will modify the context menu however you see fit
chrome.extension.onMessage.addListener(function(request, sender, sendResponse) {
if (request.message == 'updateContextMenu') {
if (request.selection) {
chrome.contextMenus.update('contextMenuId',{
'title': 'New Title',
'enabled': true,
"contexts": ["all"],
'onclick': someFunction
});
} else {
chrome.contextMenus.update('contextMenuId',{
'title': 'Select some text first',
'enabled': false,
"contexts": ["all"]
});
}
} else {
sendResponse({});
}
});
//The original context menu. The important property is the id. The rest is mostly
//arbitrary because it will be changed dynamically by the listener above.
chrome.contextMenus.create({
'id': 'contextMenuId',
'enabled': false,
'title': 'Some Title',
"contexts": ["all"]
});