# \#context\_menu **URL:** https://forums.sketchup.com/tag/context-menu/864.md [Latest](https://forums.sketchup.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.sketchup.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.sketchup.com/tags.md) --- ## [Context menu position on browser](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/context-menu-position-on-browser/242738)
**Author:** [@wooolis](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/wooolis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/context-menu-position-on-browser/242738 "2023-09-25T09:03:06Z")
Hi, I tried searching for this issue and could not find it… I think its a new issue that happened in the last few weeks/months? I notice when we right-click to open the context menu, it appears below the mouse cursor. T… --- ## [Adding a context menu item to Scene tab context menu](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/adding-a-context-menu-item-to-scene-tab-context-menu/179838)
**Author:** [@tjdrgas](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/tjdrgas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/adding-a-context-menu-item-to-scene-tab-context-menu/179838 "2021-11-02T06:47:41Z")
I would like to make some plugin which would be accessed only by right click on scene tab… UI.add\_context\_menu\_handler {|menu| ... } seems to work only in the model area right click… Is it possible to add\_item to Sce… --- ## [Sketchup Context Menu functions greyed out](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-context-menu-functions-greyed-out/171338)
**Author:** [@samnorth](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/samnorth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-context-menu-functions-greyed-out/171338 "2021-07-28T16:28:19Z")
Is there a known issue with sketchup context menu commands being greyed out i.e. deactivated? The issue seems intermittent and isn’t a problem on start up but it’s happened a number of times over the past 2 days. I hav… --- ## [\[code\] Example: Add some edit commands to context menu](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/code-example-add-some-edit-commands-to-context-menu/36701)
**Author:** [@DanRathbun](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DanRathbun)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/code-example-add-some-edit-commands-to-context-menu/36701 "2017-01-02T21:43:42Z")
Continuing the discussion from Right click copy/paste: !Add\_context\_menu\_copypaste.rb (2.1 KB) Looks like: # encoding : UTF-8 # A simple example of adding some of the edit menu # commands to the right-click mouse co… --- ## [Context Menu unresponsive on Mac 10.15.6 with Safari 14.0](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/context-menu-unresponsive-on-mac-10-15-6-with-safari-14-0/137460)
**Author:** [@emiltin](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/emiltin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/context-menu-unresponsive-on-mac-10-15-6-with-safari-14-0/137460 "2020-09-29T07:49:59Z")
The context menu can be brought up with control-click, but selecting items has no effect, other than dismissing the context menu. It works with FireFox. --- ## [How to run SketchUp extensions?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-run-sketchup-extensions/114219)
**Author:** [@wentao.job](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/wentao.job)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-run-sketchup-extensions/114219 "2020-02-11T02:13:47Z")
Hi there, I’m following Tutorial: How to Write a Short Script for Selecting SketchUp Outer Edges. (v0.0.3) to write a ruby file. Then I zipped it and renamed it into rbz file. I installed it from Extension Manager. There… --- ## [Reporting Bug - Right Click Menu Not Working (Can't Explode, Hide, Smooth, etc)](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/reporting-bug-right-click-menu-not-working-cant-explode-hide-smooth-etc/107720)
**Author:** [@AGiambertone](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/AGiambertone)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/reporting-bug-right-click-menu-not-working-cant-explode-hide-smooth-etc/107720 "2019-10-29T19:29:49Z")
Currently, I can not do anything of the options that appear in the right-click menu in Sketchup 2019. With the right-click menu, I am shown the options to explode, smooth, hide, lock, unlock, etc, but they are all greye… --- ## [Possible to call call existing Sketchup functions from a Script](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/possible-to-call-call-existing-sketchup-functions-from-a-script/55265)
**Author:** [@AAcevedo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/AAcevedo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/possible-to-call-call-existing-sketchup-functions-from-a-script/55265 "2017-11-17T11:22:39Z")
Hello Everyone! Do you know if there’s a way to call an existing Sketchup function from a Ruby Script? For example, if you context-click a Component that’s been scaled and rotated, one of the commands is “Scale Definit… --- ## [Edit Material on a cone](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/edit-material-on-a-cone/53538)
**Author:** [@Sarab](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Sarab)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/edit-material-on-a-cone/53538 "2017-10-21T17:10:27Z")
Hi, I’m learning to work with SketchUp Make 2017. There’s only one problem; I can’t seem to open the ‘Context Click’-menu on 3d objects. I want to change the position of material (turn it 45\* to the right) on a cone. I… --- ## [Adding custom items to right-click context menu](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/adding-custom-items-to-right-click-context-menu/42702)
**Author:** [@Finfa811](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Finfa811)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/adding-custom-items-to-right-click-context-menu/42702 "2017-04-10T23:37:09Z")
I have created a Tool that detects when the object I am right-clicking has some specifications. I would like to add some custom items to the right-click context menu of these objects but I don’t know how. I’ve seen that… --- ## [\[code\] Example of Context Menu Command during SelectionTool](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/code-example-of-context-menu-command-during-selectiontool/38058)
**Author:** [@DanRathbun](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DanRathbun)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/code-example-of-context-menu-command-during-selectiontool/38058 "2017-01-27T19:41:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from Sketchup tool cl@ss name: Example of Context Menu Command during SelectionTool Selection\_Context\_Menu\_Command.rb (638 Bytes) Which looks like: # encoding : UTF-8 module Author modul… --- ## [Sketchup tool cl@ss name](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-tool-cl-ss-name/38041)
**Author:** [@matthewBirckbichler](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/matthewBirckbichler)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-tool-cl-ss-name/38041 "2017-01-27T19:27:30Z")
How can I find a default tools class? for example, if I wanted to activate the ‘Selection Tool’ , Sketchup.active\_model.select\_tool(SelectionTool.new), only this doesnt work because the class is not named ‘SelectionToo… --- ## [Right Click in Firefox](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/right-click-in-firefox/36558)
**Author:** [@arhude](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/arhude)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/right-click-in-firefox/36558 "2016-12-30T18:27:30Z")
Not sure if this is a problem in other browsers, but in Firefox, when you right-click, there is the my.sketchup menu, but overwriting that on top, is the native right-click menu, which makes it impossible to access the w…