# Javascript: ContextMenuItemClickEventArgs.cancel Property

> Set this to true to prevent the click from being sent to the backend. (Only relevant for built in context menu items)

- **Product:** DS Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 31.0
- **Path:** DS Server > Reference > JavaScript API > Javascript: ContextMenuItemClickEventArgs.cancel Property
- **189 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript/contextmenuitemclickeventargs/cancel-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript/contextmenuitemclickeventargs/cancel-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript/contextmenuitemclickeventargs/cancel-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Set this to true to prevent the click from being sent to the backend. (Only relevant for built in context menu items)

### Syntax

```javascript
<boolean> ContextMenuItemClickEventArgs.cancel
```

### Examples

The following example demonstrates `ContextMenuItemClickEventArgs.cancel` in a practical document-editing workflow. Set this to true to prevent the click from being sent to the backend. (Only relevant for built in context menu items).

```javascript
function inspectCancel(contextMenuItemClickEventArgs) {
    const cancel = contextMenuItemClickEventArgs.cancel;
    console.log("cancel:", cancel);
}
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [ContextMenuItemClickEventArgs Object](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/javascript/contextmenuitemclickeventargs/llms-full.txt)
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