showcontextmenu

Simple way to show contextmenu on left click in a nice drop-down way.

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Use as follows:
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hcmenu1 = uicontextmenu;
uimenu(hcmenu1,...);
uimenu(hcmenu1,...);
showcontextmenu(hObj,hcmenu1);
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Try test_showcontextmenu.m for usage example.

This also contains a number of trivial routine functions:
getParentFigure(hObject)
%returns hObject's parent figure

getPositionOnFigure( hObject,units )
%returns absolute position of object on a figure

getRelPosition( hObject,units )
%get(hObject,'Position') with specific 'units'

getCurrentPoint( hFigure,units )
%get(hFigure,'currentpoint') with specific 'units'

Cite As

Igor (2026). showcontextmenu (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/31448-showcontextmenu), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.4.0.0

added test_showcontextmenu4:
in this example, in contrast to test_showcontextmenu, right-click menu is shown below the button (not on click position)

1.3.0.0

Thanks to Jesse this now supports uipushtool and uitoggletool objects (toolbar items).
usage example provided in test_showcontextmenu3.

1.2.0.0

+support for lines etc. (objects without 'units' property (menu would be displayed on click position)
+"assert" removed with if..error

1.0.0.0