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+# vue-context
+
+
+A simple yet flexible context menu component for Vue. It is styled for the standard `ul` tag, but any menu template can be used.
+The only dependency this package has is Vue, so the majority of styling is up to you, and any package styles for the menu
+can easily be overridden.
+
+The menu disappears when you expect by using the `onblur` event and also disappears when clicked on.
+
+## Getting Started
+
+The following instructions will help you get the vue-context menu up and running on your project.
+
+### Installation
+
+Using npm:
+```bash
+$ npm install vue-context --save
+```
+
+## Basic Usage
+
+Import the package and use in your Vue instance, and add a simple method for the click event.
+
+```js
+import Vue from 'vue';
+import vContext from 'vue-context';
+
+new Vue({
+  el: '#app',
+  components: {
+     vContext
+  },
+  methods: {
+     /**
+      * Alert the text of the menu item clicked on.
+      *
+      * @param text
+      */
+     onClick(text) {
+        alert(`You clicked ${text}!`);
+     }
+  }
+});
+```
+
+Add an element to the page that will trigger the context menu to appear, and also add the context menu to the page.
+
+```html
+<div id="app">
+   
+   <div>
+      <p @contextmenu.prevent="$refs.menu.open">
+         Right click on me
+      </p>
+   </div>
+   
+   <v-context ref="menu">
+       <ul>
+          <li @click="onClick($event.target.innerText)">Option 1</li>
+          <li @click="onClick($event.target.innerText)">Option 2</li>
+       </ul>
+   </v-context>
+   
+</div>
+```
+
+`@contextmenu.prevent` is the event listener needed to open the context menu. It is using `.prevent` as a modifier to prevent the
+the default behavior. It has a ref of `menu`, which is what `$refs.menu` is referring to. When each item is clicked on, the text of
+the item is sent to the `onClick` method on the Vue instance, which is then shown in an alert.
+
+## Advanced Usage
+
+To pass any data from the `contextmenu` event to your template, you can pass it as the second parameter of `open` and
+access it within a [scoped slot](https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/components.html#Scoped-Slots) under the `userData` property.
+
+```html
+<div id="app">
+   
+   <p @contextmenu.prevent="$refs.menu.open($event, 'foo')">
+       Right click on me
+   </p>
+   
+   <v-context ref="menu">
+       <template scope="child">
+          <ul>
+             <li @click="onClick($event.target.innerText, child.userData)">Option 1</li>
+             <li @click="onClick($event.target.innerText, child.userData)">Option 2</li>
+          </ul>
+       </template>
+   </v-context>
+   
+</div>
+```
+
+Now the `onClick` method on the Vue instance has access to any user data passed to it, which in this case this the string `foo`. The
+`userData` can also be used to output dynamic content to the context menu.
+
+```js
+import Vue from 'vue';
+import vContext from 'vue-context';
+
+new Vue({
+  el: '#app',
+  components: {
+     vContext
+  },
+  methods: {
+     /**
+      * Alert the text of the menu item clicked on. Console log the data sent from the menu.
+      *
+      * @param text
+      * @param userData
+      */
+     onClick(text, userData) {
+        alert(`You clicked ${text}!`);
+        console.log(userData);
+     }
+  }
+});
+```
+
+## Credits
+
+vue-context is inspired from [vue-lil-context-menu](https://github.com/timwis/vue-lil-context-menu) 
+and [Vue.JS Right Click Menu](http://vuejsexamples.com/vue-js-right-click-menu/). Ultimately vue-context is intended
+to provide a simple and lightweight context menu for Vue.