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Context Menus

Several surfaces in the application respond to a right click with a context menu whose entries fit the content under the pointer. The menus are localised in the application language.

Feature-specific entries

Each surface registers its own context menu — there is no single universal table/label/tree menu:

  • OPC UA — References table (the References panel in the PLC Online editor pane): Copy Node ID · Copy Browse Name · Copy as JSON · Subscribe (adds the referenced node to the watch list).

Project Explorer context menu

Right-clicking a node in the Project Explorer tree (in the Openness Manager side bar) opens a context menu whose entries change with the node you clicked — a block, a folder, a Library node, or a safety node. The full set:

Group Entry Applies to
Navigation Open in Editor blocks (opens the read-only source editor)
Navigation Open as XML data blocks (editable XML view in a separate tab; saving writes the block back)
Navigation Find References (Ctrl+Shift+F) blocks (per-block where-used → the TIA References view)
Clipboard Copy Name · Copy Number blocks
Export ▸ Select for Export · Export Selected · Import Files… / Import All… blocks and folders
Protection ▸ Set Protection · Clear Protection blocks
Vault ▸ Assign Stored Vault Password · Unprotect with Stored Password · Bulk Protect · Bulk Unprotect blocks and folders (while the Password Vault is unlocked)
Delete blocks, data types, tag tables, HMI items, and folders
Show F-Signature (toggle) safety nodes

Only the entries that make sense for the clicked node are shown, so a folder, a code block, and a Library node each present a different subset.

Several further entries round out the menu:

  • Show in Version Control — opens the Source Control view.
  • Safety Printout — on a safety node, exports the safety program to PDF or XPS.
  • Library ▸ — Copy to Library (on blocks); on Library nodes: Instantiate to Project · Export Type Version · New Folder · Rename · Clean Up Library · Delete (shown per node kind).

Right-click in code editors (the SCL editor and diff view) keeps the editor's own cut/copy/paste menu — the new menus do not override it. Text boxes (input fields) keep the operating-system native cut/copy/paste flyout.