Web/API/Element/show event

DeprecatedThis feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

The show event is fired when a contextmenu event was fired on/bubbled to an element that has a contextmenu attribute.

Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No
Interface	Event
Event handler property	onshow

Examples

<div contextmenu="test"></div>
<menu type="context" id="test">
  <menuitem label="alert" onclick="alert('the alert label has been clicked')" />
</menu>

<script>
  document.getElementById("test").addEventListener("show", function(e){
    alert("the context menu will be displayed");
  }, false);
</script>

Specifications

Specification	Status
HTML5The definition of 'show event' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibility

Update compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
show event Deprecated'	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android No support No

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

Compatibility unknown  

Compatibility unknown

Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.'

Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.

See also

• onshow

Element: show event by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.