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HTML
<body>
<menu id="ctxMenu">
<menu title="File">
<menu title="Save"></menu>
<menu title="Save As"></menu>
<menu title="Open"></menu>
</menu>
<menu title="Edit">
<menu title="Cut"></menu>
<menu title="Copy"></menu>
<menu title="Paste"></menu>
</menu>
</menu>
<div id="notepad">
</div>
</body>
CSS
#ctxMenu{
display:none;
z-index:100;
}
#notepad{
position:absolute;
left:25%;
top:10%;
width:300px;
height:300px;
background-color:red;
}
menu {
position:absolute;
display:block;
left:0px;
top:0px;
height:20px;
width:20px;
padding:0;
margin:0;
border:1px solid;
background-color:white;
font-weight:normal;
white-space:nowrap;
}
menu:hover{
background-color:#eef;
font-weight:bold;
}
menu:hover > menu{
display:block;
}
menu > menu{
display:none;
position:relative;
top:-20px;
left:100%;
width:55px;
}
menu[title]:before{
content:attr(title);
}
menu:not([title]):before{
content:"\2630";
}
JavaScript
var notepad = document.getElementById("notepad");
notepad.addEventListener("contextmenu",function(event){
event.preventDefault();
var ctxMenu = document.getElementById("ctxMenu");
ctxMenu.style.display = "block";
ctxMenu.style.left = (event.pageX - 10)+"px";
ctxMenu.style.top = (event.pageY - 10)+"px";
},false);
notepad.addEventListener("click",function(event){
var ctxMenu = document.getElementById("ctxMenu");
ctxMenu.style.display = "";
ctxMenu.style.left = "";
ctxMenu.style.top = "";
},false);