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An extension will often wish to attach a new command to a menu. To do this, the new menu will need to be overlaid over the existing menu that the item should be displayed upon. For more information about how to use an overlay to modify a menu, see Using Menus and Popups in Extensions
The following tables list the IDs of menus in Firefox that are commonly overlaid upon.
Firefox menus
| Element ID | Description |
|---|---|
main-menubar |
The menubar element. |
menu_FilePopup |
The menupopup associated with the File menu. |
menu_EditPopup |
The menupopup associated with the Edit menu. |
menu_viewPopup |
The menupopup associated with the View menu. |
goPopup |
The menupopup associated with the Go/History menu. |
menu_ToolsPopup |
The menupopup associated with the Tools menu. |
menu_HelpPopup |
The menupopup associated with the Help menu. |
menu_viewSidebarMenu |
The menupopup for the Sidebar submenu on the View menu. |
menuWebDeveloperPopup |
The menupopup or the Web Developer submenu on the Tools menu. |
Firefox context menu
| Element ID | Description | Relevant context |
|---|---|---|
contentAreaContextMenu |
The popup for the context menu when context clicking on a web page displayed in the browser area. | |
spell-no-suggestions |
The no spelling suggestions item, notable as it is the first item on the context menu. | Editable Text |
context-openlink |
Opens a link in a new window | Links |
context-openlinkintab |
Opens a link in a new tab | Links |
context-bookmarklink |
Bookmark a link | Links |
context-savelink |
Save a link | Links |
context-sendlink |
Send a link in an email | Links |
context-copyemail |
Copy an email address | mailto: Links |
context-copylink |
Copy a link | Links |
context-viewimage |
View an image at full size | Images |
context-copyimage-contents |
Copy an image to the clipboard | Images |
context-copyimage |
Copy the URL of an image to the clipboard | Images |
context-saveimage |
Save an image | Images |
context-sendimage |
Send an image in a email | Images |
context-setDesktopBackground |
Set an image as the desktop background | Images |
context-blockimage |
Block an image | Images |
context-back |
Back a page | |
context-forward |
Forward a page | |
context-reload |
Reload page | |
context-stop |
Stop loading page | |
context-bookmarkpage |
Bookmark page | |
context-savepage |
Save page | |
context-sendpage |
Send page in an email | |
context-viewbgimage |
View background image | |
context-undo |
Undo | Editable Text |
context-cut |
Cut to clipboard | Editable Text |
context-copy |
Copy to clipboard | |
context-paste |
Paste from clipboard | Editable Text |
context-delete |
Delete selection | Editable Text |
context-selectall |
Select all | |
context-searchselect |
Selected Text | |
context-viewpartialsource-selection |
View selection source | Selection |
context-viewpartialsource-mathml |
View MathML source | MathML |
context-viewsource |
View source | |
context-viewinfo |
View page info | |
context-metadata |
View properties | |
context-spell-check-enabled |
Spell check enabled checkbox | |
context-inspect |
Inspect element |