Dynamic context menus on right click

[phil swenson]

I'm starting to think this simply doesn't work in chrome as it is
quite niche I think.

I am trying to let a user select text and based on the selected text
create a context menu item.

For example:

if the selected text is 303-393-3939 I want a context menu "dial 303-393-3939"

if the selected text is "3032 drury lane colorado springs co 48483" I
want a context menu item "map this location"

I've encountered a major problem.

The code is described here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9550090/chrome-extension-context-menu-not-working
Basically, if I remove the previous context menu items using code like so:

chrome.contextMenus.removeAll(function(){
chrome.contextMenus.create({
"title": "note type = " + notification_type,
"contexts":["selection"],
"onclick": genericOnClick
});
});

then the click event on the context item never fires when selected.

Has anyone done what I'm trying to do? Are there any extensions out
there that do this?

Thanks!
phil

[Mohamed Mansour]

Hi Phil,

I have answered your question on StackOverflow. Basically, you need the %s in the title.

   "dial %s"

When the context is 'selection', you can use %s within the string to show the selected text.

Kind regards,
Mohamed Mansour

phil

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[phil swenson]

while this is useful, I don't think it helps with my need to change
other text than the selected portion.

For example, if the selected text is a street address, I don't want a
"dial" option in the context menu. I want it to be "map this
location" in the context menu.

Or am I missing something?

Thanks for your reply.
phil