Note contextual menu

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Right-clicking the content of some note types such as Text or Code reveals a contextual menu.

In a text note being edited, right-clicking a link opens the menu of the link instead, the same as its More actions menu (see External links and Internal (reference) links). A selection holding the link and more text keeps the contextual menu.

Features

  • On the Desktop Installation, the Spell Check suggestions are shown when right clicking on a misspelled word.
  • The selected text can be searched either with a search engine (configured in Options → Other) or inside Trilium.
    • To remove the web search from the menu, choose None as the search engine.
  • Basic clipboard functionality (cut, copy, paste).
  • Copying the selected text as Markdown.
  • Performing quick operations using the In-editor AI assistant.

Differences between desktop and web

The web version behaves slightly different due to limitations imposed by web browsers:

  • When no text is selected or a word is right-clicked, the browser's default contextual menu is displayed.
    • This is intentional since it preserves the Spell Check functionality.
  • When a text is selected, a reduced menu is displayed instead which features only the functionality that is available within the browser version
    • Paste is not available since the browser doesn't expose it, use Ctrl+V instead.
    • The browser menu can be triggered anyway by pressing Shift + Right click.