This is a feature request to add a property to the info object of the onclick callback for chrome.contextMenus.create() and friends.

A common use case for context menu items is opening tabs based on the clicked item. Also, it is common that Cmd+Click on a link opens a link in a new tab.

It would be great if the modifier(s) used were exposed on to the callback that gets called when the context menu item is clicked. This way I can have a normal click open the link in the current tab, and a Cmd+Click open it in a new tab.

Suggested addition to onclick callback object info:

{
   ...
   "modifiers": ["Shift", "Ctrl", "MacCtrl"]
   ...
}

The modifiers should use the same format as in chrome.commands.


The only way to work around currently is to use separate context menu items for opening and opening in a new tab. This quickly gets cluttered when there are 4+ items in the context menu and having to add an "open in new tab" option for each of these, even with menu separators.