opera.contexts.menu.removeItem() and MenuItem.removeItem()

This functionality has not landed in a stable Opera version yet, but you can use it already in Opera Next.

Description

This method removes a given MenuItem from the browser's context menu or a menu item.

Parameters:

• index: The indexth element in a MenuItem collection to be removed.

Syntax:

void removeItem (long index)

Example:

<!-- 
  The configuration file ('config.xml').
-->
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets">
    ...
    <feature name="opera:contextmenus"/>
    ...
</widget>

//
// The background process (e.g. index.html)
//

// Check the Context Menu API is supported
if (opera.contexts.menu) {
  var menu = opera.contexts.menu;
  // Create a menu item properties object
  var itemProps = {
    title: 'Context Menu Example'
  }

  // Create a menu item with the specified properties
  var item = menu.createItem(itemProps);
  // Add the menu item to the context menu
  menu.addItem(item);
  
  // Add a click event listener that removes the item from the context menu
  menu.onclick = function() {
    menu.removeItem(0);
  };  
}