Name: contextual menu

Synonyms: right-click menu,right click menu,contextual menu,context menu

Type: glossary

Description:
A popup <menu> whose <menu item|menu items> apply to the object or area that the user clicked. 
 
Contextual menus usually appear when you Control-click (on <Mac OS> and <OS X|OS X systems>) or right-click (on <Unix> and <Windows|Windows systems>).

References: Unix (glossary), Windows (glossary), Mac OS (glossary), menu item (glossary), OS X (glossary), menu (glossary)

Tags: menus
