how to make linkLabel acting as simple hyper link on right click in .net winforms

Question

are there any ways to make linkLabel (.net 4.0) working as simple hyperlink on right mouse click - i mean to open a menu with "open in new tab", "open in new window" and so on.

if not, is there any way to develop custom control that will act like this?

actually i just need to be able to encapsulate simple hyperlink in some kind of control.

Why don't you just set its ContextMenuStrip property? – Hans Passant Feb 23 '12 at 10:53 — Hans Passant, Feb 23 '12 at 10:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

On mouse down event for your link label, when you identify that its right mouse button, Open up a context menu and show up the options you wish to show.

private void OnMyLinkLableMouseDownEvent(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right)
    {
        //Show menu with required options
    }
}

If you plan to use this at multiple places in your application, then create a derived type from link label and add this event handler to it

Thanks to Hans Passant: you can also use ContextMenu(or ContextMenuStrip property not sure which one) if menu options are never going to change for different instances of LinkLabel.

how to make linkLabel acting as simple hyper link on right click in .net winforms

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