# Can you open a popup from the Horizontal Menu?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-open-a-popup-from-the-horizontal-menu/83700>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [January 2, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-open-a-popup-from-the-horizontal-menu/83700 "2024-01-02T18:36:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pat\_Cunningham](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pat_cunningham/32/57710_2.png) [@Pat\_Cunningham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pat_Cunningham)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-open-a-popup-from-the-horizontal-menu/83700/1 "2024-01-02T18:36:29Z")

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Can you open a popup from the Horizontal Menu?

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-open-a-popup-from-the-horizontal-menu/83700/2 "2024-01-02T19:05:53Z")

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Yes, you can. The way I do it is using the `onItemClicked` event.  
Under that action event, add a script.

```auto
if event.enabled:
	if event.label == 'Open PopUp':
		system.perspective.openPopup(...)
```

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**Author:** ![Pat\_Cunningham](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pat_cunningham/32/57710_2.png) [@Pat\_Cunningham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pat_Cunningham)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-open-a-popup-from-the-horizontal-menu/83700/3 "2024-01-02T19:24:59Z")

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Perfect. Thank You.

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**Author:** ![TonyD\_MM2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TonyD\_MM2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TonyD_MM2)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-open-a-popup-from-the-horizontal-menu/83700/4 "2025-10-14T22:19:38Z")

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brilliant and simple solution, nicely done!