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Creating a Table Context Menu

In addition to hooking in a context menu tool on a table, table context tools may be hooked in on column as well as cell level.

Overview

Table tool context menus may be hooked in on three levels:

• CustomTool<TablePlot>
  Available in the context menu for the table visualization.
• CustomTool<TablePlotColumnContext>
  Available in the context menu shown when right-clicking a column header.
• CustomTool<TablePlotCellContext> and CustomTool<TablePlotCopyCellValueContext>
  Available in the context menu and in its Copy Cell sub menu respectively, when right-clicking a cell in the table.

Refer to the Additional Table Visualization Contexts section in Creating a Tool for further details.

Context menus are not used in the Spotfire WebPlayer.

Tutorials and Examples

• How to Create a Table Context Menu Entry
  When a context menu is opened on a table plot cell, any custom tool registered for one the TablePlotCellContext or CopyCellValueContext are added to the menu.
• Table Cell Context Menu: Copy Structure
  Chemical structures are loaded as binary values in Spotfire. This tool copies the structure to the clipboard.
• Table Cell Context Menu: Structure Search
  This tool takes a table cell to initiate a structure search.
• Table Column Context Menu: Display Column Info
  This tool accesses information about the column and displays it in a message box.