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Context menu in Chrome - two actions (left/right click on item menu)

I want to create an extension for chrome browsers: item menu in context menu with two different actions when you use left or right click on item menu. For Firefox it can be realized, but for Chrome? How?

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background.js:

chrome.runtime.onInstalled.addListener(function() {
    chrome.contextMenus.create({
        title: 'do action (left cl. - first, right cl. - second)',
        id: 'test',
        contexts: ['link'],
    });
});
chrome.contextMenus.onClicked.addListener(function(info, tab) {
    if (info.menuItemId === "test") {
        console.log("first action completed")
    }
});
Solution

  • Distinguishing between two clicks in a context menu is impossible in Chrome.

    To be fair, it's a very confusing idea, I don't think people expect that from a context menu UI.

    Now, clicking with a modifier key is something more common (e.g. Delete vs Shift+Delete in a file manager), but Chrome does not support it either.

    You can see the full list of data available here.