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+---
+currentMenu: menu-promise 
+---
+
+# Demo: Submenu through promise (asynchronous)
+
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+
+
+- [Example code](#example-code)
+- [Example HTML](#example-html)
+
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+
+<h3>right-clickable context menus</h3>
+<ul>
+  <li><label for="immediate">immediate:</label><input id="immediate"/></li>
+  <li><label for="async">async:</label><input id="async"/></li>
+</ul>
+
+## Example code
+
+<script type="text/javascript" class="showcase">
+    $(function() {
+        // normally, contextMenu sets up a handler for right click
+        $.contextMenu({
+            selector: '#immediate',
+            callback: menuCallback,
+            items: buildMenuItems()
+        });
+    
+        // for async menus, we set up a handler and a menu for it to call
+        $('#async').on('contextmenu', rightClickHandler)
+        $.contextMenu({
+            selector: '#async',
+            trigger: 'none',
+            build: function($trigger, e) {
+                // return callback set by the mouseup handler
+                return $trigger.data('runCallbackThingie')();
+            }
+        });
+    
+        function buildMenuItems () {
+            return {
+                "GTA": {name: "Lysine", icon: "edit"},
+                "TGG": {name: "Tryptophan", icon: "cut"},
+                "TTC": {name: "Phenylalanine", icon: "copy"}
+            }
+        }
+    
+        // asynchronous menu item construction takes one second
+        function buildMenuItemsPromise () {
+            return new Promise((accept, reject) => {
+                setTimeout(() => accept(buildMenuItems()), 1000)
+            })
+        }
+    
+        // right-click handler enables mouseup handler
+        function rightClickHandler (e) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            const $this = $(this)
+            $this.on('mouseup', mouseUpHandler);
+            $this.off('contextmenu', rightClickHandler)
+        }
+    
+        // on mouseup, wait for the menu items and paint a context menu
+        function mouseUpHandler (e) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            const $this = $(this);
+            $this.off('mouseup', mouseUpHandler);
+    
+            // when the items are ready,
+            buildMenuItemsPromise().then(items => {
+    
+                // store a callback on the trigger
+                $this.data('runCallbackThingie', function () {
+                    return {
+                        callback: menuCallback,
+                        items: items
+                    };
+                });
+                const _offset = $this.offset(),
+                        position = {
+                            x: _offset.left + 10,
+                            y: _offset.top + 10
+                        }
+                $this.contextMenu(position);
+    
+                $this.on('contextmenu', rightClickHandler)
+            });
+            return false
+        }
+    
+        // callback insert letters over the selection
+        function menuCallback (key, options) {
+            const contents = $(this).val(),
+                        start = this.get(0).selectionStart,
+                        end = this.get(0).selectionEnd
+            $(this).val(contents.substr(0, start)
+                                    + key
+                                    + contents.substr(end)
+            )
+        }
+    });
+</script>
+
+## Example HTML
+<div style="display:none;" class="showcase" data-showcase-import=".context-menu-one"></div>