diff --git a/src/js/JSONEditor.js b/src/js/JSONEditor.js
index 7420d4951..9c9e71ebc 100644
--- a/src/js/JSONEditor.js
+++ b/src/js/JSONEditor.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function JSONEditor (container, options, json) {
     if (options) {
       var VALID_OPTIONS = [
         'ace', 'theme',
-        'ajv', 'schema',
+        'ajv', 'schema', 'context',
         'onChange', 'onEditable', 'onError', 'onModeChange',
         'escapeUnicode', 'history', 'search', 'mode', 'modes', 'name', 'indentation', 'sortObjectKeys'
       ];
diff --git a/src/js/Node.js b/src/js/Node.js
index f7bcd8d85..1586db893 100644
--- a/src/js/Node.js
+++ b/src/js/Node.js
@@ -1493,13 +1493,38 @@ Node.prototype.getDom = function() {
     }
     dom.tr.appendChild(tdDrag);
 
-    // create context menu
+    //Get the context menu options
+    var contextOptions = this.editor.options ? this.editor.options.context : undefined;
+    //Get the items with a defined context menu
+    var menuItems = (contextOptions) ? contextOptions.items : undefined;
+    //Get the items of which the children have a defined context menu
+    var menuChildren = (contextOptions) ? contextOptions.children : undefined;
+    //Check if there is any defined context for the current node
+    var itemWithContextMenu = (!menuItems && !menuChildren) || (menuItems && menuItems[this.field]);
+    //Check if there is any defined context for the parent of the current node
+    var childWithContextMenu = (!menuChildren && !menuItems) || (menuChildren && this.parent && menuChildren[this.parent.field]);
+
+    //Set a flag indicating that the current node has a context menu that must be displayed
+    this.displayContextMenu = itemWithContextMenu || childWithContextMenu;
+
     var tdMenu = document.createElement('td');
-    var menu = document.createElement('button');
-    dom.menu = menu;
-    menu.className = 'jsoneditor-contextmenu';
-    menu.title = 'Click to open the actions menu (Ctrl+M)';
-    tdMenu.appendChild(dom.menu);
+
+    //Attach the context menu in the DOM
+    if(this.displayContextMenu) {
+      //Only the permitted menu actions will be displayed in the context menu
+      this.contextMenuActions = (itemWithContextMenu && menuItems) ?
+          menuItems[this.field] : (itemWithContextMenu && menuChildren) ? menuChildren[this.parent.field] : [];
+
+      var menu = document.createElement('button');
+      dom.menu = menu;
+      menu.className = 'jsoneditor-contextmenu';
+      menu.title = 'Click to open the actions menu (Ctrl+M)';
+      tdMenu.appendChild(dom.menu);
+    } else {
+      //Allow special theming for columns without context menu
+      //(e.g. reduce the width of the column)
+      tdMenu.className = 'jsoneditor-no-contextmenu';
+    }
     dom.tr.appendChild(tdMenu);
   }
 
@@ -3178,54 +3203,71 @@ Node.prototype.showContextMenu = function (anchor, onClose) {
   var node = this;
   var titles = Node.TYPE_TITLES;
   var items = [];
+  //Get the permitted context menu actions of the node
+  var menuActions = this.contextMenuActions ? this.contextMenuActions : [];
+  //Build the submenu once and reuse it where needed
+  var subMenu = [];
+  if(!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('Auto') >= 0){
+    subMenu.push({
+      text: 'Auto',
+      className: 'jsoneditor-type-auto' +
+      (this.type == 'auto' ? ' jsoneditor-selected' : ''),
+      title: titles.auto,
+      click: function () {
+        node._onChangeType('auto');
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  if(!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('Array') >= 0){
+    subMenu.push({
+      text: 'Array',
+      className: 'jsoneditor-type-array' +
+      (this.type == 'array' ? ' jsoneditor-selected' : ''),
+      title: titles.array,
+      click: function () {
+        node._onChangeType('array');
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  if(!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('Object') >= 0){
+    subMenu.push({
+      text: 'Object',
+      className: 'jsoneditor-type-object' +
+      (this.type == 'object' ? ' jsoneditor-selected' : ''),
+      title: titles.object,
+      click: function () {
+        node._onChangeType('object');
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  if(!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('String') >= 0){
+    subMenu.push({
+      text: 'String',
+      className: 'jsoneditor-type-string' +
+      (this.type == 'string' ? ' jsoneditor-selected' : ''),
+      title: titles.string,
+      click: function () {
+        node._onChangeType('string');
+      }
+    });
+  }
 
-  if (this.editable.value) {
+  //Attach the submenu in the respective first level menu items
+  subMenu = (subMenu.length > 0) ? subMenu : undefined;
+  if (this.editable.value && (!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('Type') >= 0) ) {
     items.push({
       text: 'Type',
       title: 'Change the type of this field',
       className: 'jsoneditor-type-' + this.type,
-      submenu: [
-        {
-          text: 'Auto',
-          className: 'jsoneditor-type-auto' +
-              (this.type == 'auto' ? ' jsoneditor-selected' : ''),
-          title: titles.auto,
-          click: function () {
-            node._onChangeType('auto');
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          text: 'Array',
-          className: 'jsoneditor-type-array' +
-              (this.type == 'array' ? ' jsoneditor-selected' : ''),
-          title: titles.array,
-          click: function () {
-            node._onChangeType('array');
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          text: 'Object',
-          className: 'jsoneditor-type-object' +
-              (this.type == 'object' ? ' jsoneditor-selected' : ''),
-          title: titles.object,
-          click: function () {
-            node._onChangeType('object');
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          text: 'String',
-          className: 'jsoneditor-type-string' +
-              (this.type == 'string' ? ' jsoneditor-selected' : ''),
-          title: titles.string,
-          click: function () {
-            node._onChangeType('string');
-          }
-        }
-      ]
+      submenu: subMenu
+
     });
   }
 
-  if (this._hasChilds()) {
+  if (this._hasChilds() && (!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('Sort') >= 0) ) {
     var direction = ((this.sortOrder == 'asc') ? 'desc': 'asc');
     items.push({
       text: 'Sort',
@@ -3265,7 +3307,7 @@ Node.prototype.showContextMenu = function (anchor, onClose) {
 
     // create append button (for last child node only)
     var childs = node.parent.childs;
-    if (node == childs[childs.length - 1]) {
+    if (node == childs[childs.length - 1] && (!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('Append') >= 0) ) {
       items.push({
         text: 'Append',
         title: 'Append a new field with type \'auto\' after this field (Ctrl+Shift+Ins)',
@@ -3274,89 +3316,26 @@ Node.prototype.showContextMenu = function (anchor, onClose) {
         click: function () {
           node._onAppend('', '', 'auto');
         },
-        submenu: [
-          {
-            text: 'Auto',
-            className: 'jsoneditor-type-auto',
-            title: titles.auto,
-            click: function () {
-              node._onAppend('', '', 'auto');
-            }
-          },
-          {
-            text: 'Array',
-            className: 'jsoneditor-type-array',
-            title: titles.array,
-            click: function () {
-              node._onAppend('', []);
-            }
-          },
-          {
-            text: 'Object',
-            className: 'jsoneditor-type-object',
-            title: titles.object,
-            click: function () {
-              node._onAppend('', {});
-            }
-          },
-          {
-            text: 'String',
-            className: 'jsoneditor-type-string',
-            title: titles.string,
-            click: function () {
-              node._onAppend('', '', 'string');
-            }
-          }
-        ]
+        submenu: subMenu
       });
     }
 
     // create insert button
-    items.push({
-      text: 'Insert',
-      title: 'Insert a new field with type \'auto\' before this field (Ctrl+Ins)',
-      submenuTitle: 'Select the type of the field to be inserted',
-      className: 'jsoneditor-insert',
-      click: function () {
-        node._onInsertBefore('', '', 'auto');
-      },
-      submenu: [
-        {
-          text: 'Auto',
-          className: 'jsoneditor-type-auto',
-          title: titles.auto,
-          click: function () {
-            node._onInsertBefore('', '', 'auto');
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          text: 'Array',
-          className: 'jsoneditor-type-array',
-          title: titles.array,
-          click: function () {
-            node._onInsertBefore('', []);
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          text: 'Object',
-          className: 'jsoneditor-type-object',
-          title: titles.object,
-          click: function () {
-            node._onInsertBefore('', {});
-          }
+    if(!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('Insert') >= 0) {
+      items.push({
+        text: 'Insert',
+        title: 'Insert a new field with type \'auto\' before this field (Ctrl+Ins)',
+        submenuTitle: 'Select the type of the field to be inserted',
+        className: 'jsoneditor-insert',
+        click: function () {
+          node._onInsertBefore('', '', 'auto');
         },
-        {
-          text: 'String',
-          className: 'jsoneditor-type-string',
-          title: titles.string,
-          click: function () {
-            node._onInsertBefore('', '', 'string');
-          }
-        }
-      ]
-    });
+        submenu: subMenu
+      });
+    }
 
-    if (this.editable.field) {
+    //create duplicate button
+    if(this.editable.field && (!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('Duplicate') >= 0)) {
       // create duplicate button
       items.push({
         text: 'Duplicate',
@@ -3366,8 +3345,10 @@ Node.prototype.showContextMenu = function (anchor, onClose) {
           Node.onDuplicate(node);
         }
       });
+    }
 
-      // create remove button
+    // create remove button
+    if(this.editable.field && (!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('Remove') >= 0)) {
       items.push({
         text: 'Remove',
         title: 'Remove this field (Ctrl+Del)',
@@ -3379,8 +3360,11 @@ Node.prototype.showContextMenu = function (anchor, onClose) {
     }
   }
 
-  var menu = new ContextMenu(items, {close: onClose});
-  menu.show(anchor, this.editor.content);
+  //Display the context menu if there is one
+  if(items.length > 0) {
+    var menu = new ContextMenu(items, {close: onClose});
+    menu.show(anchor, this.editor.content);
+  }
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/js/appendNodeFactory.js b/src/js/appendNodeFactory.js
index 48da1d335..916eb4117 100644
--- a/src/js/appendNodeFactory.js
+++ b/src/js/appendNodeFactory.js
@@ -48,14 +48,39 @@ function appendNodeFactory(Node) {
       // a cell for the dragarea column
       dom.tdDrag = document.createElement('td');
 
-      // create context menu
+      //Get the context menu options
+      var contextOptions = this.editor.options ? this.editor.options.context : undefined;
+      //Get the items with a defined context menu
+      var menuItems = (contextOptions) ? contextOptions.items : undefined;
+      //Get the items of which the children have a defined context menu
+      var menuChildren = (contextOptions) ? contextOptions.children : undefined;
+      //Check if there is any defined context for the current node
+      var itemWithContextMenu = (!menuItems && !menuChildren) || (menuItems && menuItems[this.field]);
+      //Check if there is any defined context for the parent of the current node
+      var childWithContextMenu = (!menuChildren && !menuItems) || (menuChildren && this.parent && menuChildren[this.parent.field]);
+
+      //Set a flag indicating that the current node has a context menu that must be displayed
+      this.displayContextMenu = itemWithContextMenu || childWithContextMenu;
+
       var tdMenu = document.createElement('td');
       dom.tdMenu = tdMenu;
-      var menu = document.createElement('button');
-      menu.className = 'jsoneditor-contextmenu';
-      menu.title = 'Click to open the actions menu (Ctrl+M)';
-      dom.menu = menu;
-      tdMenu.appendChild(dom.menu);
+
+      //Attach the context menu in the DOM
+      if(this.displayContextMenu) {
+        //Only the permitted menu actions will be displayed in the context menu
+        this.contextMenuActions = (itemWithContextMenu && menuItems) ?
+            menuItems[this.field] : (itemWithContextMenu && menuChildren) ? menuChildren[this.parent.field] : [];
+
+        var menu = document.createElement('button');
+        menu.className = 'jsoneditor-contextmenu';
+        menu.title = 'Click to open the actions menu (Ctrl+M)';
+        dom.menu = menu;
+        tdMenu.appendChild(dom.menu);
+      } else {
+        //Allow special theming for columns without context menu
+        //(e.g. reduce the width of the column)
+        tdMenu.className = 'jsoneditor-no-contextmenu';
+      }
     }
 
     // a cell for the contents (showing text 'empty')
@@ -133,9 +158,62 @@ function appendNodeFactory(Node) {
   AppendNode.prototype.showContextMenu = function (anchor, onClose) {
     var node = this;
     var titles = Node.TYPE_TITLES;
-    var items = [
-      // create append button
-      {
+    //Get the permitted context menu actions of the node
+    var menuActions = this.contextMenuActions ? this.contextMenuActions : [];
+    //Build the submenu once and reuse it where needed
+    var subMenu = [];
+    if(!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('Auto') >= 0){
+      subMenu.push({
+        text: 'Auto',
+        className: 'jsoneditor-type-auto' +
+        (this.type == 'auto' ? ' jsoneditor-selected' : ''),
+        title: titles.auto,
+        click: function () {
+          node._onChangeType('auto');
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    if(!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('Array') >= 0){
+      subMenu.push({
+        text: 'Array',
+        className: 'jsoneditor-type-array' +
+        (this.type == 'array' ? ' jsoneditor-selected' : ''),
+        title: titles.array,
+        click: function () {
+          node._onChangeType('array');
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    if(!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('Object') >= 0){
+      subMenu.push({
+        text: 'Object',
+        className: 'jsoneditor-type-object' +
+        (this.type == 'object' ? ' jsoneditor-selected' : ''),
+        title: titles.object,
+        click: function () {
+          node._onChangeType('object');
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    if(!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('String') >= 0){
+      subMenu.push({
+        text: 'String',
+        className: 'jsoneditor-type-string' +
+        (this.type == 'string' ? ' jsoneditor-selected' : ''),
+        title: titles.string,
+        click: function () {
+          node._onChangeType('string');
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    subMenu = (subMenu.length > 0) ? subMenu : undefined;
+    var items = [];
+    if(!menuActions || menuActions.indexOf('Append') >= 0){
+      items.push({
         'text': 'Append',
         'title': 'Append a new field with type \'auto\' (Ctrl+Shift+Ins)',
         'submenuTitle': 'Select the type of the field to be appended',
@@ -143,45 +221,15 @@ function appendNodeFactory(Node) {
         'click': function () {
           node._onAppend('', '', 'auto');
         },
-        'submenu': [
-          {
-            'text': 'Auto',
-            'className': 'jsoneditor-type-auto',
-            'title': titles.auto,
-            'click': function () {
-              node._onAppend('', '', 'auto');
-            }
-          },
-          {
-            'text': 'Array',
-            'className': 'jsoneditor-type-array',
-            'title': titles.array,
-            'click': function () {
-              node._onAppend('', []);
-            }
-          },
-          {
-            'text': 'Object',
-            'className': 'jsoneditor-type-object',
-            'title': titles.object,
-            'click': function () {
-              node._onAppend('', {});
-            }
-          },
-          {
-            'text': 'String',
-            'className': 'jsoneditor-type-string',
-            'title': titles.string,
-            'click': function () {
-              node._onAppend('', '', 'string');
-            }
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    ];
+        'submenu': subMenu
+      });
+    }
 
-    var menu = new ContextMenu(items, {close: onClose});
-    menu.show(anchor, this.editor.content);
+    //Display the context menu if there is one
+    if(items.length > 0) {
+      var menu = new ContextMenu(items, {close: onClose});
+      menu.show(anchor, this.editor.content);
+    }
   };
 
   /**