Write more about context menus

Author: delan

_posts/2025-12-12-november-in-servo.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ summary:    ao!! wrrrrao!!
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-Landing in [**Servo 0.0.3**](https://github.com/servo/servo/releases/tag/v0.0.3) and our November nightly builds, we now have **context menus** for links, images, and other web content (@mrobinson, @atbrakhi, #40402, #40501, #40607), plus several web platform features:
+Landing in [**Servo 0.0.3**](https://github.com/servo/servo/releases/tag/v0.0.3) and our November nightly builds, we now have **context menus** for links, images, and other web content (@atbrakhi, @mrobinson, #40434, #40501), plus several web platform features:
 
 - **<video controls>** (@rayguo17, #40578)
 - **<use>** in SVG (@WaterWhisperer, #40684)
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ We now have full support for **SHA3-256**, **SHA3-384**, **SHA3-512** (@kkoyung,
 **Each webview** can now now have its **own rendering context** (@mrobinson, @mukilan, #40794, #40738, #40721, #40594, #40923).
 This effectively enables full support for **multiple windows**, and you’ll see servoshell make use of that this month.
 
+Our previously unused **context menu API** has been replaced with a new, more effective API that includes actions for links, images, and other web content (@mrobinson, @atbrakhi, #40402, #40501, #40607).
+For more details, see the docs for **[ContextMenu](https://doc.servo.org/servo/struct.ContextMenu.html)**, [EmbedderControl::<wbr>ContextMenu](https://doc.servo.org/servo/enum.EmbedderControl.html#variant.ContextMenu), and [WebViewDelegate::<wbr>show_<wbr>embedder_<wbr>control()](https://doc.servo.org/servo/trait.WebViewDelegate.html#method.show_embedder_control).
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 [**WebView**](https://doc.servo.org/servo/struct.WebView.html) now has [**can_go_back()**](https://doc.servo.org/servo/struct.WebView.html#method.can_go_back) and [**can_go_forward()**](https://doc.servo.org/servo/struct.WebView.html#method.can_go_forward) methods, and servoshell now uses those to disable the back and forward buttons (@mrobinson, #40598).
 
 Having introduced our new [**RefreshDriver**](https://doc.servo.org/servo/trait.RefreshDriver.html) API in October, we’ve now **removed [Servo](https://doc.servo.org/servo/struct.Servo.html)::<wbr>animating()** (@mrobinson, #40799) and **[ServoDelegate](https://doc.servo.org/servo/trait.ServoDelegate.html)::<wbr>notify_<wbr>animating_<wbr>changed()** (@mrobinson, #40886), and similarly cleaned up the obsolete and inefficient “animating” state in servoshell (@mrobinson, #40715).

commits.txt

@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/40491	(@mrobinson, #40491)	script: Rename `S
     # already called `Pipeline::spawn`.
     # Testing: This is just a rename, so existing tests should cover this change.
 +https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/40434	(@atbrakhi, @mrobinson, #40434)	servoshell: Implement context menu in servoshell (#40434)
-    servoshell; initial context menu (back, forward, reload)
+    ;servoshell; initial context menu (back, forward, reload)
     # This PR adds context menu support with clickable menu items in the Minibrowser. The menu appears on right click
     # and supports basic navigation actions (Back, Forward, Reload).
     # Testing: We already have tests for ContextMenu in WebView API test.

outline.txt

@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@
     - https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/40725	(@mrobinson, #40725)	script: Use a `WeakRef` for references to `WebGLRenderingContext` (#40725)
       security; fix use-after-free in WebGL
 - servoshell
-    - https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/40402	(@mrobinson, @atbrakhi, #40402)	libservo: Integrate context menu into the show_embedder_control API (#40402)
+    - DONE https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/40402	(@mrobinson, @atbrakhi, #40402)	libservo: Integrate context menu into the show_embedder_control API (#40402)
       api servoshell; rework context menu api, embedders can now know the position and know what each item does (`show_context_menu(webview, result_sender, title, items)` → `ContextMenu.{id,position,items,select,dismiss}()`)
     - https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/40306	(@mrobinson, #40306)	servoshell: Add a `VsyncRefreshDriver` for Android (#40306)
       servoshell; use system compositor for vsync
-    - https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/40434	(@atbrakhi, @mrobinson, #40434)	servoshell: Implement context menu in servoshell (#40434)
+    - DONE https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/40434	(@atbrakhi, @mrobinson, #40434)	servoshell: Implement context menu in servoshell (#40434)
       servoshell; initial context menu (back, forward, reload)
-    - https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/40501	(@mrobinson, @atbrakhi, #40501)	script: Add context-based context menu options (#40501)
+    - DONE https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/40501	(@mrobinson, @atbrakhi, #40501)	script: Add context-based context menu options (#40501)
       api servoshell; copy link, open link in new, copy image link, open image in new, cut, copy, paste, select all
     - DONE https://github.com/servo/servo/pull/40598	(@mrobinson, #40598)	libservo: Add `WebView::can_go_forward` and `WebView::can_go_back` (#40598)
       api servoshell