Modifying the Context Menu of an Object

The experienced user may be able to add items to the context menus of selected objects. The procedure is basically the same for any kind of object. It is described here using the desktop menu. Figure "Expanded Desktop Menu" shows how the menu looks after the modification:

All the modifications are made through the Settings view of the object. For the desktop, this is accessed by clicking mouse button 2 on the desktop background.

The following sequence will add "OS/2 Window" to the context menu of the desktop. When this choice is selected, an OS/2 Window Session will be started.

  • In the upper part of the notebook page ("Available menus") select "Primary pop-up menu".

  • In the lower part of the page ("Actions on menu"), select the "Create another..." option. This will bring up the window shown in Figure "Setup of an Expanded Menu".

  • Enter "OS/2 Window" in the "Menu item name" entry field.

  • Enter CMD.EXE in the "Program name" entry field.

  • Close the "Settings" menu.

  • Activate the menu and the newly added entry to verify that it was successful.

    If the "Create another" choice under "Available menus" is selected then a further choice of "Cascade" or "Conditional cascade" is used to determine whether a secondary menu will be displayed.

  • Cascade means that the new entry will have a cascaded menu. This is indicated by an arrow.

  • Conditional cascade means that there will be a cascaded menu with a default selection. This is indicated by a button with an arrow.

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