# Opening menu from button

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-menu-from-button/2154>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 27, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-menu-from-button/2154 "2010-08-27T06:15:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kpihlava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a587f6/32.png) [@kpihlava](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kpihlava)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-menu-from-button/2154/1 "2010-08-27T06:15:40Z")

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Hi,

Can I make button to open menu with items to navigate between windows? I can do same kind navigation menu in menu bar, but I don´t want to use menu bar.

br,  
Krisu

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-menu-from-button/2154/2 "2010-08-27T15:09:22Z")

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Like a right click menu or a dropdown menu like most websites?

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**Author:** ![kpihlava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a587f6/32.png) [@kpihlava](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kpihlava)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-menu-from-button/2154/3 "2010-08-30T07:39:50Z")

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Right click menu.

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-menu-from-button/2154/4 "2010-08-30T15:35:30Z")

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This is done via scripting. Check out the [system.gui.createPopupMenu](http://www.inductiveautomation.com/support/usermanuals/ignition/index.html?system_gui_createpopupmenu.htm) page in the user manual.