# Open contextMenu with left click

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-contextmenu-with-left-click/81514>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [November 5, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-contextmenu-with-left-click/81514 "2023-11-05T19:48:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![drojas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/drojas/32/3403_2.png) [@drojas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drojas)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-contextmenu-with-left-click/81514/1 "2023-11-05T19:48:15Z")

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With Perspective, I know context menus are opened by right-clicking (long clicking on mobile), but is there a way to make the menu show up by simply left clicking on an icon? With the icon more\_vert, people associate this with having options come up (especially on mobile)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/8/4856d9acd2e245620e6793c3ef546ce658a0e339.png)

The "more" button on the Power Chart is the behavior I am looking for....single left click for the context menu to pop up.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/5/d5394b4207c710c089b95c28847d46a3d96ad7f4.png)

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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-contextmenu-with-left-click/81514/2 "2023-11-05T20:12:45Z")

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You can use self.requestContextMenu

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**Author:** ![drojas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/drojas/32/3403_2.png) [@drojas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drojas)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-contextmenu-with-left-click/81514/3 "2023-11-05T20:33:44Z")

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Genius.

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**Author:** ![bruno.nunes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@bruno.nunes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bruno.nunes)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-contextmenu-with-left-click/81514/4 "2025-07-15T14:47:13Z")

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Does this work on tables?

Because neither long click nor double click with self.requestContextMenu are working on Mobile (android) for me.

Thank you.