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IRawElementProviderSimple2::ShowContextMenu method (uiautomationcore.h)

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Programmatically invokes a context menu on the target element.

Syntax

HRESULT ShowContextMenu();

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Remarks

This method returns an error code if the context menu could not be invoked.

If no context menu is available directly on the element on which ShowContextMenu was invoked, the provider should attempt to invoke a context menu on the UI Automation parent of the current item.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 8.1 [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2012 R2 [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Target Platform Windows
Header uiautomationcore.h (include UIAutomation.h)

See also

IRawElementProviderSimple2