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title: "Perform a Right Click in Transaction Test"
slug: "perform-a-right-click-in-transaction-test"
updated: 2023-01-06T15:49:07Z
published: 2023-01-06T15:49:07Z
canonical: "docs.catchpoint.com/perform-a-right-click-in-transaction-test"
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# Perform a Right Click in Transaction Test

## JavaScript to trigger right-click event

### Right-click on webpage

The right mouse button is often used to open contextual menus. For example, if you right-click on the Windows desktop, you may see a menu pop up that includes "Change View Options" and "Change Desktop Background." If you right-click on a folder, the menu might include options such as "Open" and "Properties”. Most webpages also use the right-click to open contextual menus. ![foo1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cb4af8f9-6751-4fd2-b39c-07aae832badb/Images/Documentation/360052116732-foo1.png)

### **Events triggered with right-click**

In most cases, `contextmenu` is the mouse event that is fired when the right mouse button is pressed. Although there are other ways to open a context menu (e.g. a special keyboard key), for the scope of this article, we will focus on the `contextmenu` mouse event.

In the following sections we will look at two examples that trigger a mouse right-click on an element.

### **Example 1: Simple right-click**

**Use case:** Triggering a right-click on the “About us” menu. On triggering, a context menu pops up on the page.

We will use the `runScript` command to execute JavaScript and trigger custom events. Not all websites support Selenium commands, so we will use JavaScript to achieve the same effect. ![2.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cb4af8f9-6751-4fd2-b39c-07aae832badb/Images/Documentation/360052116712-2.png)

```
runScript(var element = document.getElementById(“Identifier”);
if (window.CustomEvent) { 
 element.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('contextmenu'));
} 
 //Create an event
 else if(document.createEvent) { 
 var ev = document.createEvent('HTMLEvents'); 
 ev.initEvent('contextmenu', true, false);
 //Dispatch an event 
 element.dispatchEvent(ev);
 } else { 
 element.fireEvent('oncontextmenu');
 }”)
)
```

**Note**: The code sample above includes comments and indentation for readability. To function properly, the comments must be removed and the entire `runScript` command must be in one line. The version below can be copied directly into a Transaction test.

```
runScript(var element = document.getElementById(“Identifier”);if(window.CustomEvent){element.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('contextmenu'));}else if(document.createEvent){var ev = document.createEvent('HTMLEvents');ev.initEvent('contextmenu',true,false);element.dispatchEvent(ev);}else{element.fireEvent('oncontextmenu');}”))
```

**Script walk-through**

- The element on which the right-click needs to be triggered is stored in the variable `element`. (In this case, the identifier for the ‘About Us’ button is stored)
- `CustomEvent` interface is used to create our own custom event. `CustomEvent` constructor is called, and takes the name of the event as its argument. Here, the name of the event is `contextmenu`.
- Call `dispatchEvent()` on the element you want to attach the event to, passing in the new custom event that was created.
- In case the above functionality fails, we have an `else` where we create an HTML event which returns an object that holds the event `contextmenu`.
- If both the above options fail to create the event, we fire the `oncontextmenu` event attribute which is supported on all browsers.

### **Example 2: Right-click within an iframe**

**Use case:** Trigger a right-click on the product name ‘Wheat’. On triggering, a context menu with four options is popped up on the page. A ‘select’ on one of the options is performed. ![3.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cb4af8f9-6751-4fd2-b39c-07aae832badb/Images/Documentation/360052240791-3.png)

1. Element residing in the iframe is identified.

```
runScript(“var element = window.parent.frames[x].document.getElementById(\"Identifier").getElementsByTagName(\"img\")[0];”)
```

Here, `x` represents the index of the iframe.

1. A new `CustomEvent` is triggered for `contextmenu` and is dispatched on the element.

```
runScript(
    “if (window.CustomEvent) {
        element.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('contextmenu'));
    }    //Create an event
    else if(document.createEvent) {
        var ev = document.createEvent('HTMLEvents');
        ev.initEvent('contextmenu', true, false); //Dispatch an event
        element.dispatchEvent(ev);
    } else {
        element.fireEvent('oncontextmenu');
    }”
)
```

**Note**: The code sample above includes comments and indentation for readability. To function properly, the comments must be removed and the entire `runScript` command must be in one line. The version below can be copied directly into a Transaction test.

```
runScript(“if (window.CustomEvent){element.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('contextmenu'));}else if(document.createEvent){var ev = document.createEvent('HTMLEvents');ev.initEvent('contextmenu',true,false);element.dispatchEvent(ev);}else{element.fireEvent('oncontextmenu');}”)
```

To learn more about the events and Catchpoint script troubleshooting, you can refer to this article: [https://docs.catchpoint.com/docs/360034808971](https://docs.catchpoint.com/docs/360034808971)