browserSettings.contextMenuShowEvent

A BrowserSetting object which determines whether the browser's context menu is shown on the mouseup event or on the mousedown event.

Its underlying value is a string that may be either "mouseup" or "mousedown".

The default value is "mouseup" on Windows, and "mousedown" on macOS and Linux. Assigning to it on Windows has no effect - the setting is only designed to allow the context menu to be opened on mouseup instead of mousedown, not the inverse.

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
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Examples

Set the setting to "mouseup":

function logResult(result) {
  console.log(`Setting was modified: ${result}`);
}

browser.browserSettings.contextMenuShowEvent.set({value: "mouseup"}).
  then(logResult);

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/browserSettings/contextMenuShowEvent