jQuery.contextMenu allows you to bind your menu to a DOM Element
$(function(){ $('#the-node').contextMenu({ selector: 'li', callback: function(key, options) { var m = "clicked: " + key + " on " + $(this).text(); window.console && console.log(m) || alert(m); }, items: { "edit": {name: "Edit", icon: "edit"}, "cut": {name: "Cut", icon: "cut"}, "copy": {name: "Copy", icon: "copy"}, "paste": {name: "Paste", icon: "paste"}, "delete": {name: "Delete", icon: "delete"}, "sep1": "---------", "quit": {name: "Quit", icon: "quit"} } }); });