selectedItem

The selectedItem() method returns a jquery item representing the selected context menu item.

<ul id="contextmenu1">
    <li>Open</li>
	<li>Save</li>
</ul>

<script type="text/javascript">

    $(function () {
        $("#contextmenu1").shieldContextMenu({
             target: "body"
        });

        var menu = $("#contextmenu1").swidget();

        //select Save option of the ContextMenu widget
        menu.selected(true, 1);

        //returns the selected jquery element
        var item = menu.selectedItem();
     });

</script>