Generated when the user right-clicks a control to display the shortcut menu.

Event Data Fields

Name Description
Source

Source of the event. LabVIEW UI refers to any built-in user interface event.

0LabVIEW UI
Type

Type of event that occurred, such as Mouse Down, Value Change, Timeout, and so on.
Time

Value of the millisecond timer when the event occurred.
CtlRef

Reference to the control on which the event occurred.
MenuRef

Reference to the control shortcut menu that you can modify during this event. MenuRef is valid only during this event case.
Coords
SubObj

Reference to the object on which the event occurred. For example, if the user right-clicks a cluster that contains several controls, the SubObj might be a control within the cluster. You might want to add menu items only if the user right-clicks certain controls within a cluster. You can check the value of SubObj.
Discard?
Allows you to prevent LabVIEW from processing the event, bypassing the behavior normally triggered by that event. The default is FALSE.

Examples

Refer to the following example files included with LabVIEW.

  • labview\examples\Dialog and User Interface\Menu\Customizing Shortcut Menus\Customizing Shortcut Menus.vi