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Dewey Banks
Dewey Banks

Reputation: 323

Java, coding right click functionality into the desktop

I am working on a project using Java 8. Most of it involves gathering and managing lots of images. I want the user to be able to right click on an image in any folder, on the desktop, or even in a web page and for the right click menu that comes up to include a "Transfer to Database" option such that the user can send the image along with any additional details he or she might enter to a database ( or to a menu with options for handling the transfer). It should work for multiple selections as well.

Is it possible to do this in Java? I wasn't able to come up with anything in a google search and I kind of suspect this will involve some windows specific programming - a topic I know little about. I will also need to use a java program installation/deployment spackage. If a completely Java answer is impossible I'd appreciate any advice regarding a solution and how to integrate it with my existing java code.

Thank your for your help,

Marc

Upvotes: 0

Views: 154

Answers (1)

user3151902
user3151902

Reputation: 3176

To integrate this in browsers, the best way would be to look into add ons, for example for Firefox. Here you have to use the specific language and framework of the browser, for Firefox it's Javascript.

For the Windows Explorer, it's called shortcut menu handlers. The handler program itself can be any Windows executable, so it's possible to implement the logic in Java.

Upvotes: 2

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