Enhancing the Context Menu 

Use

As well as being able to make entries in the context menu visible, entries in the enhanced menu visible or entries in the enhanced menu invisible, you can also hang scenario-specific entries in the menu. You have two options:

·        You define the new entries using the Web Template Properties object tag.

·        You add the new entries to the menu using the JavaScript function.

The first way is described in this section.

In both cases, you have to write a JavaScript function that transfers the processing when you select the menu entry. You can find out more about this under Command Processing.

Features

New entries are defined using different series of attributes in the Web template properties as follows:

Attribute	Description
CMENU_LABEL_I	Labeling text in the menu
CMENU_FUNCTION_I	JavaScript function for processing the command You implement this function in JavaScript and use it to execute commands after you have selected the menu entry.
CMENU_PARAMETER_I	Free parameter This attribute is passed to the JavaScript function 'CMENU_FUNCTION' and can be evaluated there as required. The attribute makes it possible to use a function for more than one menu entry.
CMENU_CELL_TYPE_I ‘ ’ = No restriction ‘CHARACTERISTIC’ = Characteristic ‘CHARACTERISTIC_VALUE’ = Characteristic value ‘STRUCTURE’ = Structure ‘STRUCTURE_VALUE’ = Structure component value ‘DATA’ = Data cell ‘EXCEPTIONS’ = Exceptions item ‘CONDITIONS’ = Conditions item 'DOCUMENT_LIST' = Document list item	Context of the entry If you want the menu entry to appear only in certain contexts and not in all context menus, you can define this with ‘cell_type’ and ‘filter’.
CMENU_FILTER_I	Context of the entry According to the value of ‘cmenu_cell_type’, different values are useful here: ‘CHARACTERISTIC’, ‘CHARACTERISTIC_VALUE’, ‘STRUCTURE’, ‘STRUCTURE_VALUE’: Iobjnm ‘EXCEPTIONS’: Exception ID ‘CONDITIONS’: Condition ID ‘DOCUMENT_LIST’: Document ID See Examples.
CMENU_VISIBILITY_I ‘ ’= Not displayed ‘X’= Displayed in the “basic menu” ‘E’= Displayed in the “enhanced menu”	Visibility of the entry You specify whether the entry is to appear in the basic menu or also in the enhanced menu.
CMENU_POSITION_I ‘TOP’ = Before the “normal” entries ‘BOTTOM’ = After the “normal” entries	Position of the entry The entries are inserted in the order in which they were called up. You can choose whether the entry is to appear before the “normal” entries or after them in the menu. You cannot position the entries in between the “normal” entries.

Examples

For this example, Swap Axes appears in the basic context menu and the currency translation is completely hidden.

<object>

// Menu entry at the beginning and only on customer cells

   <param name=’OWNER’ value=’SAP_BW’>
   <param name='CMD' value='SET_PROPERTIES'>
   <param name='CMENU_LABEL_1' value='Customer details'>
   <param name='CMENU_FUNCTION_1' value='myMenuProcessor'>
   <param name='CMENU_PARAMETER_1' value='1'>
   <param name='CMENU_CELL_TYPE_1' value='CHARACTERISTIC_VALUE'>
   <param name='CMENU_FILTER_1' value='0CUSTOMER'>
   <param name='CMENU_VISIBILITY_1' value='X'>
   <param name='CMENU_POSITION_1' value='TOP'>

// Menu entry at the end for IT homepage

   <param name='CMENU_LABEL_2' value='Customer details'>
   <param name='CMENU_FUNCTION_2' value='myMenuProcessor'>
   <param name='CMENU_PARAMETER_2' value='2'>
   <param name='CMENU_VISIBILITY_2' value='X'>
   <param name='CMENU_POSITION_2' value='BOTTOM'>

// Menu entry at the beginning and only on material groups

   <param name='CMENU_LABEL_3' value='Materials'>
   <param name='CMENU_FUNCTION_3' value='myMenuProcessor'>
   <param name='CMENU_PARAMETER_3' value='3'>
   <param name='CMENU_CELL_TYPE_3' value='CHARACTERISTIC_VALUE'>
   <param name='CMENU_FILTER_3' value='0MATGROUP'>
   <param name='CMENU_VISIBILITY_3' value='X'>
   <param name='CMENU_POSITION_3' value='TOP'>

</object>

You can find an example implementation for the JavaScript function “myMenuProcessor” under JavaScript.