Customize Context Menu in Plot Legend

I am using Labview 2014. When I click (right or left) on the PLOT Style regions of a XY or waveform graph a menu a menu comes up. I would like to modify what is in the menu, but I cannot figure out how. There are several posts about how to disable but that is NOT what I would like to do.
Does anyone have any ideas?
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Hi Mark,
You can change the plot line type, color and other properties using Property Nodes. To use Property Nodes, you first create a reference to the Front Panel object by right clicking the plot then selecting Create -> Reference. You can then wire a Property Node to the Plot Reference on the Block Diagram and modify the selected properties. Please see the below links for more information on Properties Nodes.
How Can I Programmatically Change the Plot Colors of Multiple Lines on a Single Graph or Chart?
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/C6BFD9BD5F01108C86256F8100638B29
Customizing Graphs and Charts
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361J-01/lvconcepts/customizing_graphs_and_charts/
Control References: Overview
http://www.ni.com/white-paper/3159/en/
Thanks,
Frank
Application Engineer
National Instruments
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