Opening Contextual Menu without pressing Control

Is it possible to access the Contextual Menu while clicking on a link in a page while using Safari without having to press any other keys like Control? It is akin to right clicking in Windows. This was an issue when using Firefox, but with a simple tweak to the config page, I can click and hold the mouse on a link and it will open the contextual window, allowing me to select "open in new tab". I know I can do this by pressing another key in Safari, but is there a way around this? It just makes surfing a little easier and more streamlined.

Using OS 6 with a one-button mouse, holding down the button produced a contextual menu. Recently, I bought a M$ mouse that has a scroll wheel as well as a magnification button. It's an Optical Mouse 3000. Since the scroll wheel works for vertical AND horizontal movement, it reduces the effort in surfing. Another advantage is opening links in some browser windows (e.g., VersionTracker) in tabs without actually making each link the active link.
As far as this mouse working in one browser but not another, I believe I have the same features in Safari and Firefox.

Similar Messages

When opening a new tab , press control plus T CTrl+T,, why is it blank page, how ca i set it to be on yahoo or google

when opening a new tab , press control plus T CTrl+T,, why is it blank page, how ca i set it to be on yahoo or google

There are other things that need your attention.
Your above posted system details show outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks that you should update.
*Shockwave Flash 10.1 r53
See:
*http://www.mozilla.com/plugincheck/
Update the Flash plugin to the latest version.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+the+Flash+plugin
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash
*http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
Update the Adobe Reader plugin to the latest version.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Using+the+Adobe+Reader+plugin+with+Firefox
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Adobe_Reader
*http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/

Contextual menu to open a URL

Hello all,
I've poked around and done a bunch of searching, and have some bits and pieces but no cohesive idea on how to accomplish what I want. I'm thinking it should be simple: highlight text somewhere, right-click to open contextual menu, select item that will open the selected text as a URL.
I've come across suggestions to use Automator to create the CM plugin, which seems to make sense. I tried cobbling together something, but the input doesn't seems to work in the default script of
on run {input, parameters}
(* Your script goes here *)
return input
end run
I've tried different combinations of 'open input' and 'open input with Firefox' and such, but nothing seems to happen aside from opening another window in Automator.
Should I be using 'activate' instead? Am I missing something entirely?
Can anyone point me in the right direction to build what I'm looking to do?
Maybe this already exists somewhere (I looked!) and I just haven't found it?
Thanks for any helpful advice,
Markie

Markie,
As one option, you might consider using a browser which supports the Services Menu -- one such as Camino, Safari 3.0.3, Shiira 1.2.2 or Opera 9.2.2. Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, Firefox doesn't seem to provide much support for the Services Menu at this time.
To use the Services Menu you would simply highlight the text, select Open Url from the Services menu, and the url should open in your default browser (assuming the highlighted text would yield a valid domain, of course). Opera actually makes things easier for you by providing a Go to Url command in its own contextual menu.
If you're looking for a contextual menu plugin, there may an easier solution for you than anything you could come up with using Automator or AppleScript (I tried; came up empty). You might check out OnMyCommand, a freeware application. After reading the ReadMe and installing the necessary components, open the OMCEdit app, and from its toolbar choose Download Commands.You might not have any use for many of the available commands; you don't need to install them all. But the one in particular that you're interested in is "Open Selected Text as URL." Locate it, highlight it, and then press the Append to Commands button. Voilá. You should now find Open Selected Text as URL among your contextual menu items available in most of your apps (not Firefox, though).
Good luck!
Andrew99

Open start menu through java

Is there any way to open start menu through java application just like when we open start menu by pressing the windows key on the keyboard.
Waiting for urgent response
Thanx
Salman.

Hi Salman,
This is possible in 1.5 in a stright forward way. Following is the code
import java.awt.GraphicsDevice;
import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
public class WindowsStartOpener
public static void main(String[] argv)throws Exception
GraphicsDevice gd = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getDefaultScreenDevice();
Robot robo = new Robot(gd);
robo.setAutoDelay(100);
robo.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_WINDOWS);
robo.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_WINDOWS);
If you are using 1.4 version. You can try with the mouse event methods of Robo class.
It is not possible with the versions earlier than 1.4. In this case you can write a C/C++ program and use JNI to invoke it.
cheers,
Sundar Lal Ch

How to Edit "Open With" in contextual menu

For instance, while right clicking on a jpeg the "Open With" pop up displays Pixelmator, which is no longer installed, it also shows Photoshop Elements, but that version is on a backup disk, not the current disk, also there is no option to open in Apperture, which is installed and active.
Is there a way to remove old or unwanted applications and put in current applications into the Contextual Menu?

Yes, LaunchServices. These are only cache files but can get corrupted. Launch /Utilities/Terminal and copy & paste this at the command line to rebuild LaunchServices: (be sure to copy the entire line it's a scroll)
Code:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
Then press return. Wait until terminal returns to the command line. Quit Terminal. After that, log out and back in or restart. Let us know

Multiple entries for same apps showing next to 'Open With' in contextual menu since last backup

I did a back up of my MBPs internal drive recently, using Carbon Copy Cloner - since then there are multiples of the same icons for all apps under 'Open With' in the contextual menu. I seem to remember there being a command line that could be entered in Terminal to fix this, but I can't find it anywhere.
Can anyone help?

Yes, LaunchServices. These are only cache files but can get corrupted. Launch /Utilities/Terminal and copy & paste this at the command line to rebuild LaunchServices: (be sure to copy the entire line it's a scroll)
Code:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
Then press return. Wait until terminal returns to the command line. Quit Terminal. After that, log out and back in or restart. Let us know

Clearing the Finder "Open With" contextual menu ?

After the install I now have duplicates of all the stuff I used to have in the open with menu.
Like VLC and then under it VLC (version number).
How do I clear it?

As seen here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305627
*Mac OS X: Clearing the Finder "Open With" contextual menu*
Ever wondered how to "clear" the Finder's Open With... contextual menu choices of any extraneous or older applications? (This is the menu that appears when you control-click or "right-click" a document icon.)
If your Open With... menu is filled with too many choices to easily scroll through, you can remove the less-commonly used choices. These steps will clear the list except for the most current applications that can open your document.
From the Finder Go menu, choose Home.
Open the Library folder in the Home window.
Open the Preferences folder.
Find com.apple.LaunchServices.plist.
Rename "com.apple.LaunchServices", such as to "com.apple.LaunchServices.old", or move it to the Trash.
The next time you use the Open With.... contextual menu in the Finder, only current applications will be listed. Some items may return if the application that controls them adds itself back to the list.

Clean up Finder "Open With" contextual menu in Yosemite

How do I clean up the Finder "Open With" contextual menu in Yosemite? I have several duplicate and obsolete entries in mine. There are several articles out there that show how to do this for previous versions of Mac OS X, but the instructions don't line up with what I see in Yosemite.
Also, the entries I have in the menu are from a version of Windows through a version of VMware Fusion, both of which versions I haven't used in a long while. I did a clean install of Yosemite this morning (on an erased disk) so I'm curious how the menu was populated. Did it somehow get inherited through the iCloud Keychain?
Thanks for any help!

As seen here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305627
*Mac OS X: Clearing the Finder "Open With" contextual menu*
Ever wondered how to "clear" the Finder's Open With... contextual menu choices of any extraneous or older applications? (This is the menu that appears when you control-click or "right-click" a document icon.)
If your Open With... menu is filled with too many choices to easily scroll through, you can remove the less-commonly used choices. These steps will clear the list except for the most current applications that can open your document.
From the Finder Go menu, choose Home.
Open the Library folder in the Home window.
Open the Preferences folder.
Find com.apple.LaunchServices.plist.
Rename "com.apple.LaunchServices", such as to "com.apple.LaunchServices.old", or move it to the Trash.
The next time you use the Open With.... contextual menu in the Finder, only current applications will be listed. Some items may return if the application that controls them adds itself back to the list.

When my MBP is hot, the trackpad opens a contextual menu when i click

Hello all,
I have been having an issue with my late 2008 MBP for some time now. When i have been using it for a few hours and it is a bit hot, the trackpad will suddenly interpret single clicks as right click.
You probably think that i accidentaly put several fingers on my trackpad, but it is not so. When this starts happening, the problem remains for one minute or more, during which, for example, i can be careful to just click with a single finger, and wherever i may be (a window bar, for instance), boom, a contextual menu opens. This is rather annoying when i'm working without a mouse, because if i want to grab an item to move it, well, it's just not possible. It returns to the normal behaviour after a while.
It seems to occur more frequently when i am using inDesign CS4, but that is probably just because i use it a lot...
I use tap for click, but not the secondary tap, i couldn't quite get used to that one.
Any advice or solution? Thanks!

You have posted in the wrong forum. Try posting in the forum for the product you are trying to use.
Here is a link to a page that has links to all Adobe forums... use the drop down list to see all.
Forum links page:
https://forums.adobe.com/welcome

So I have an iPad with the smart cover, and it's usually supposed to turn on the iPad when u open it, but it's no doing that for me. Nor is it turning off without pressing the button. What is the meaning of this?

So I have an iPad with the smart cover, and it's usually supposed to turn on and off the iPad when u open it and close it, but it's not turning on for me. Nor is it turning off without pressing the button. What is the meaning of this?what caused it to be this way? Is there someway that I could fix it?

Wait a sec did this just start?
You set up the smart cover function in settings (you did that, right?) so, if you did that and it's failed you make an appointment at your nearest Genius Bar now.

Since installing Lion, no Finder window will open on the desktop. I can see them through "Quick Look" and "View all Windows" in the contextual menu for Finder in the

Since installing Lion, no Finder window will open on the desktop. I can see them through "Quick Look" and "View all Windows" in the contextual menu for Finder in the dock.

Help please!

Right-click contextual menu in Firefox 4: Is there a way to move/remove "Open in new tab?"

I don't really like tabbed browsing, but "Open in new tab" is the first choice in the right-click contextual menu. I would like to have "Open in new window" be the first choice.
So is there a way to edit the contextual menu to change the order of menu items or delete them entirely?
Thanks in advance.

This UI change is really stupid and useless. People got used to some specified menu items order. Changing this order could only annoy and anger.
Also the reload button has been relocated. This is another example of stupid Firefox 4 UI change. The good news is that it could easily be relocated to its original place.
It looks like the Firefox developers are suffering from idleness and boredom.
CHANGE IT BACK ASAP!!!

Slideshow display order using Tiger Finder - Control-contextual menu?

The Tiger Finder Slideshow function (select image files, press Control, Choose Slideshow from the drop-down menu) behaves oddly.
1. The slide display order is reproducible, but is not controlled by the View display order. It is NOT Name, Date modified, or Date created.
2. Digital camera images imported via Image Capture are displayed mostly in order, with a few out of name and date-taken order.
3. Downloaded art images display in no discernable order.
4. 100 images appears to be the maximum size of the slideshow.
I can find no documentation of this feature in Apple help - just a mention of using it for a slideshow of Spotlight-found pics.
IMac G5, iMac 233 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

It partakes of the whole Finder snafu with regard to ordering things in List and Icon view and preserving this order when you do something like copy and paste, for instance to get a folder content list into a text document. You can get them to display in aphanumeric order if you set the Finder window to Column View first.
There is a limit to the number of slides, but I don't remember what it is. I generally only check a dozen or so at any given time using the slideshow.
Francine
Schwieder

Contextual Open With Menu shows old non-existent Applications

Open With Menu: Shows multiple applications. It even shows versions of older applications that are no longer on my hard drive. And if I select these older version, those older applications launch! I've checked the About... menu selection on these older versions, and sure enough it says the older version. Example: I only have the latest version of Opera 9.24 on my drive, but 3 older versions, plus 4 of one of them show. I can click each one and they ALL launch with separate windows for each one.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305627
I followed the instructions to trash <com.apple.LaunchServices.plist> file and Restarted and the menu STILL lists all the applications. I then checked the Prefs folder again, and the <com.apple.LaunchServices.plist> hadn't even recreated itself yet.
I'm totally stummped

I just realized that in my previous post I neglected to mention, that the problem has quickly returned. Sorry for any confusion.
Now after two tries, I notice that some .gif files have Preview icons others Photoshop. Some .gif files are listed to open with Preview, others with PS.
If I use Cmd + i on a wrong iconed file and scroll down to any other app, select it, let the icon change, then without doing anything else, scrolling back up to the default (Preview), the icon finally changes correctly. Change All is now available, but clicking it has no effect on any other files that have the PS icon. Some don't even change over from PS being the default app to Preview.
Same problem with .txt files. Some TextEdit, others Excel. So.. I am just changing them one by one, whenever I need to open one that is wrong.
At least the multiple apps in the Open With pulldown are gone
I'd sure like to know:
1) Why are my Library files corrupting and
2) Why is Dr. Smoke's fix creating icon problems
3) Out of the 1,000s of threads, I wonder what the possibility of the good Doctor ever finding this on and helping us/me find a total solution. Help us Dr. Smoke, we need youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

Open with contextual menu

My problem: When i select/highlight "Open with" option in the Finder Contextual Menu, then Finder quits. i.e. the open with menu doesn't even expand- just highlighting/hovering the cursor over it, causes Finder to crash.
This has been happening for quite some time.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks in advance
mac mini Mac OS X (10.4.9) 1.42 GHz, 512 MB RAM

The free Expander shouldn't have installed any contextual menu items. Look in the "Contextual Menu Items" folders in your "Library" folder, and in the one in "Library" at the top level of your disk. If there are any files there, try moving them out, then logout, then login, and see if you still have problems.

Opening Contextual Menu without pressing Control

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for