How to retrieve the element where a contextmenu has been executed

Question

I am trying to write a google chrome extension where I use a contextmenu. This contextmenu is available on editable elements only (input texts for example). When the context

Answer 1

You can inject content script with contextmenu event listener and store element that was clicked:

content script.js

//content script
var clickedEl = null;

document.addEventListener("contextmenu", function(event){
    clickedEl = event.target;
}, true);

chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function(request, sender, sendResponse) {
    if(request == "getClickedEl") {
        sendResponse({value: clickedEl.value});
    }
});

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background.js

//background
function mycallback(info, tab) {
    chrome.tabs.sendMessage(tab.id, "getClickedEl", function(clickedEl) {
        elt.value = clickedEl.value;
    });
}