how to make an IE7 addin for multi level context menu

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*Disclaimer:

** I am new to the land of HTML, Browser addin's and javascript.

*This project is my first in this area. So I apolgize in advance for

*incorrect terminology.

 

I am trying to add a cascading menu to the IE (IE7) context menu.

I want something like

 

* Undo

* Cut

* Copy

* Paste

* my_menu -----> Item 1

* Select ALL********* Item 2

******************************* :

*************************** Item n

 

 

 

The Item 1 - Item n* menu will be populated from info saved in

a file that can be updated continously.

 

I have accomplished this task for Firefox using some javascript

to get hold of an id for the my_menu item from the DOM.

 

For IE I have not made progress. I can add a single entry to the

context menu by adding an entry to

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER:Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/MenuExt

 

and create a .html file that invokes a javascript just fine. It appears

that this is not going to get me where I need since I need to invoke

the javascript to build the submenu items on a mouseover type event.

Web searches lead to believe that the scheme of adding an

entry to the registry that references a .html file that invokes some

javascript is not going to work. As near as I can tell from 'tutorials' I

have found I will need to create some HTML and add it to the

window.document.body* via* body.innerHTML.

 

* My questions:

***** 1. Do I have to create a popup menu and insert it into the body

********* of the document?* If not then how do I add submenu items to

********* the context menu?

 

** * 2.* Assuming I create a popup and insert it into the body, is there

********* an online tutorial that is simple enough that a browser novice

********* like me can get something minimal going? Just getting some-

********* thing to popup as a result of putting the mouse in the new

********* my_menu item would be great. It wouldn't even have to be

********* well positioned initally.

 

**** 3. Does anyone know of any books that give details of adding

******** functionality to browsers in general and IE in particular?

 

After the apparent simplicity of adding the entries to the Firefox

context menu I am frustrated and baffled by the seeming difficulty

getting the same thing accomplished for IE.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

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