diff --git a/common/content/buffer.js b/common/content/buffer.js
index f51b6fff..8cea0ca3 100644
--- a/common/content/buffer.js
+++ b/common/content/buffer.js
@@ -1255,6 +1255,18 @@ function Buffer() //{{{
                 .getInterface(Ci.nsISelectionDisplay)
                 .QueryInterface(Ci.nsISelectionController),
 
+        /**
+         * Opens the appropriate context menu for <b>elem</b>.
+         *
+         * @param {Node} elem The context element.
+         */
+        openContextMenu: function (elem)
+        {
+            document.popupNode = elem;
+            let menu = document.getElementById("contentAreaContextMenu");
+            menu.showPopup(elem, -1, -1, "context", "bottomleft", "topleft");
+        },
+
         /**
          * Saves a page link to disk.
          *
diff --git a/common/content/hints.js b/common/content/hints.js
index 85caf3ac..e3768e87 100644
--- a/common/content/hints.js
+++ b/common/content/hints.js
@@ -73,22 +73,25 @@ function Hints() //{{{
         t: Mode("Follow hint in a new tab",            function (elem) buffer.followLink(elem, liberator.NEW_TAB)),
         b: Mode("Follow hint in a background tab",     function (elem) buffer.followLink(elem, liberator.NEW_BACKGROUND_TAB)),
         w: Mode("Follow hint in a new window",         function (elem) buffer.followLink(elem, liberator.NEW_WINDOW),         extended),
-        F: Mode("Open multiple hints in tabs",         hintAction_F),
+        F: Mode("Open multiple hints in tabs",         followAndReshow),
         O: Mode("Generate an ':open URL' using hint",  function (elem, loc) commandline.open(":", "open " + loc, modes.EX)),
         T: Mode("Generate a ':tabopen URL' using hint",function (elem, loc) commandline.open(":", "tabopen " + loc, modes.EX)),
         W: Mode("Generate a ':winopen URL' using hint",function (elem, loc) commandline.open(":", "winopen " + loc, modes.EX)),
         v: Mode("View hint source",                    function (elem, loc) buffer.viewSource(loc, false),                    extended),
         V: Mode("View hint source in external editor", function (elem, loc) buffer.viewSource(loc, true),                     extended),
         y: Mode("Yank hint location",                  function (elem, loc) util.copyToClipboard(loc, true)),
-        Y: Mode("Yank hint description",               function (elem) util.copyToClipboard(elem.textContent || "", true),    extended)
+        Y: Mode("Yank hint description",               function (elem) util.copyToClipboard(elem.textContent || "", true),    extended),
+        c: Mode("Open context menu",                   function (elem) buffer.openContextMenu(elem), extended)
+
     };
 
     /**
-     * Used to open multiple hints.
+     * Follows the specified hint and then reshows all hints. Used to open
+     * multiple hints in succession.
      *
-     * @param {node} elem The previously selected hint.
+     * @param {Node} elem The selected hint.
      */
-    function hintAction_F(elem)
+    function followAndReshow(elem)
     {
         buffer.followLink(elem, liberator.NEW_BACKGROUND_TAB);
 
diff --git a/vimperator/NEWS b/vimperator/NEWS
index 3edd04b7..88b2621b 100644
--- a/vimperator/NEWS
+++ b/vimperator/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     * version 2.2a1pre
     * add @: mapping - repeat the last Ex command
     * add \ mapping - toggle between rendered and source view
+    * add ;c extended hint mode - open the context menu
 
 2009-05-21:
     * version 2.1
diff --git a/vimperator/locale/en-US/hints.txt b/vimperator/locale/en-US/hints.txt
index 057c8b5a..6b105f4e 100644
--- a/vimperator/locale/en-US/hints.txt
+++ b/vimperator/locale/en-US/hints.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ hint mode. Then press [a]24[a] to copy the hint location.
 * |;V| [m]V[m] to view its destination source in the external editor
 * |;y| [m]y[m] to yank its destination location
 * |;Y| [m]Y[m] to yank its text description
+* |;c| [m]c[m] to open its context menu
 
 Hintable elements for all extended hint modes can be set in the
 'extendedhinttags' XPath string.