pop-up menu
Right-click reveals it
A pop-up menu is a list of options that appears on screen when you click or tap a specific location, then disappears after you make a selection.
Unlike menus fixed to a toolbar, pop-up menus appear temporarily at or near the cursor: Right-click to open the pop-up menu.
Also called a context menu or contextual menu.
- submenuSecondary navigation tier
- dropdownExpandable selection menu
- tooltipHover-activated explanatory popup
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- clickBrief sharp noise
selection · popout · right-click · hover · interactive · affordance · accessibility · navigation · user interface · usability · command · action button · dialog box · responsiveness · dismiss · double-click · mouse over · flyout
menu behavior/trigger
pop-up menupull-down menu
Expandable interface selection list
main menu · command line · keyboard shortcut · hamburger menu