Context Menu Extensions For IE

These IE extensions, created in 2004, are testimony to the fact that my objections to IE are based on sound facts. Yep, I was a fan of Internet Explorer (once). I used to hate Firefox because it was very slow while IE was pretty quick. It was only after I became a webmaster on a professional basis that I realized what a poor browser IE was. (Even before that, I had moved to Opera.)

Although I object to the use of IE, I understand that some people will be forced to use IE, say, as part of their work. These IE extensions are for those people.

Introduction

To copy the address of a link in Internet Explorer, it takes 2 clicks. But to copy the address of an image, it takes at least 5 clicks. A bit tedious, don't you think? To make things like this more easier, I had created the Context Menu Extensions For IE. After you install this, the context menu will have 15 new menu options inside Internet Explorer

Download

Link: cmes.zip (0.011 MB or 12 KB).

Software Requirements

Internet Explorer 6 or later.

Installation

Download the zip file mentioned above and extract all files starting with "CMES" to the root of your C:\ drive. Next, extract the Install_CMES.reg file from the zip file to some location. Right-click the file and select Merge.

If you wish to install the CMES??.htm files to some other location, then you need to edit the Install_CMES.reg in Notepad. I suggest you do not do this unless of course you are a techie.

Uninistallation

Extract the Uninstall_CMES.reg file from the download zip file to some location on your computer. Right-click the file and select Merge. This will remove the context menu options. After this, you need to manually delete the CMES??.htm files from the C:\.

Context Menu Options

CMES1.htm - Copies URLs of all the images on a web page to the clipboard.
CMES2.htm - Copies URLs of all hyperlinks on a web page to the clipboard.
CMES3.htm - Copies the URL of an image to the clipboard.
CMES4.htm - Sets text size to Medium for selected text.
CMES5.htm - Copies underlying HTML code for selected text.
CMES6.htm - Opens frame in a new window.
CMES7.htm - Highlights selected text in yellow.
CMES8.htm - Overrides default setting and opens link in the same window.
CMES9.htm - Performs Google Search on selected text.
CMES10.htm - Performs Altavista Search on selected text.
CMES11.htm - Performs MSN Search on selected text.
CMES12.htm - Performs AOL Search on selected text.
CMES13.htm - Performs DayPop Search on selected text.
CMES14.htm - Automatically Google Translate foreign language page.
CMES15.htm - Opens an encoded (outside) link in a new window rather than inside a (HotMAIL) frame.

While performing the searches, hold down the SHIFT key to open the search results page in a new window. When using this feature, make sure you do not have popup blockers activated. Otherwise, the operation will generate an error.

THANKS

CMES15.htm idea courtesy -
Some code was obtained after hacking into Google, MSN & Altavista toolbars for IE.
MSDN
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/browser/ext/overview/overview.asp
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/execcommand.asp
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/commandids.asp

Further Hacking for Programmers

The CMES??.htm files contain Javascript. The SCRIPT tags use the DEFER attribute. Menu extensions are enabled by adding certain registry keys (using Install_CMES.reg). The keys are added at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\. The names of the keys are same as displayed in the context menu. The "Default" value of the keys should contain a string referring the path to the path of the Javascript file. The "Contexts" value for the keys should contain any one of the following binary values.

For default appearance - 0x1
For images - 0x2
For controls - 0x4
For tables - 0x8
For selected text - 0x10
For hyperlinks - 0x20

Moral Volcano is the work of an Indian, thinker, astrologer, software programmer, GNU/Linux user, web designer, technical writer, lexicographer, hacker, gamer, pioneer IE Blocker, amateur photographer, and somewhat podcast transcriptionist. named V. Subhash (Me). I have written a fake American Policy for Dummies book. My e-book How To Invest In Stocks PDF eBook is free but not fake. So, I my PDF eBook version of Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary, which was created using the all-text original provided by the Guttenberg project and a free software HTMLDoc.

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