diff --git a/gensplore-component/src/components/ContextMenu.jsx b/gensplore-component/src/components/ContextMenu.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b486f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gensplore-component/src/components/ContextMenu.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+const ContextMenu = ({ x, y, onClose, onCopy, onCopyRC }) => {
+  if (x === null || y === null) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <div 
+      className="fixed bg-white shadow-lg border border-gray-200 rounded-md py-1 z-50"
+      style={{ left: x, top: y }}
+    >
+      <button
+        className="block w-full text-left px-4 py-2 text-sm text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-100"
+        onClick={onCopy}
+      >
+        Copy Selection
+      </button>
+      <button
+        className="block w-full text-left px-4 py-2 text-sm text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-100"
+        onClick={onCopyRC}
+      >
+        Copy as Reverse Complement
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default ContextMenu;
diff --git a/gensplore-component/src/components/GensploreView.jsx b/gensplore-component/src/components/GensploreView.jsx
index 6f90636..6315ea9 100644
--- a/gensplore-component/src/components/GensploreView.jsx
+++ b/gensplore-component/src/components/GensploreView.jsx
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import React, {
   } from "react";
   
 import "../App.css"
-import Offcanvas from './Offcanvas'; // Import the new offcanvas component
+import Offcanvas from './Offcanvas';
+import ContextMenu from './ContextMenu';
 
 import Tooltip from "./Tooltip";
 import { getReverseComplement, filterFeatures } from "../utils";
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ function GensploreView({ genbankString, searchInput, setSearchInput, showLogo })
     const [ref, { width }] = useMeasure();
   
     const [hoveredInfo, setHoveredInfo] = useState(null);
+    const [contextMenu, setContextMenu] = useState({ x: null, y: null });
     const [genbankData, setGenbankData] = useState(null);
     const [sequenceHits, setSequenceHits] = useState([]);
     const [curSeqHitIndex, setCurSeqHitIndex] = useState(0);
@@ -361,7 +363,46 @@ if (hit1 === -1) {
       );
     }
   
+    // Handle context menu
+    const handleContextMenu = (e) => {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      if (whereMouseWentDown !== null && whereMouseWentUp !== null) {
+        setContextMenu({ x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY });
+      }
+    };
+
+    const handleCloseContextMenu = () => {
+      setContextMenu({ x: null, y: null });
+    };
+
+    const handleCopySelection = () => {
+      const selStart = Math.min(whereMouseWentDown, whereMouseWentUp);
+      const selEnd = Math.max(whereMouseWentDown, whereMouseWentUp);
+      const selectedText = genbankData.parsedSequence.sequence.substring(selStart, selEnd);
+      navigator.clipboard.writeText(selectedText);
+      toast.success('Copied to clipboard');
+      handleCloseContextMenu();
+    };
+
+    const handleCopyRC = () => {
+      const selStart = Math.min(whereMouseWentDown, whereMouseWentUp);
+      const selEnd = Math.max(whereMouseWentDown, whereMouseWentUp);
+      const selectedText = genbankData.parsedSequence.sequence.substring(selStart, selEnd);
+      const rc = getReverseComplement(selectedText);
+      navigator.clipboard.writeText(rc);
+      toast.success('Copied reverse complement to clipboard');
+      handleCloseContextMenu();
+    };
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+      document.addEventListener('click', handleCloseContextMenu);
+      return () => {
+        document.removeEventListener('click', handleCloseContextMenu);
+      };
+    }, []);
+
     return (<>
+      <div onContextMenu={handleContextMenu}>
     <Dialog
     open={configModalOpen}
     onClose={() => setConfigModalOpen(false)}
@@ -536,6 +577,15 @@ if (hit1 === -1) {
         </div>
       </div>
 
+      {contextMenu.x !== null && (
+        <ContextMenu
+          x={contextMenu.x}
+          y={contextMenu.y}
+          onClose={handleCloseContextMenu}
+          onCopy={handleCopySelection}
+          onCopyRC={handleCopyRC}
+        />
+      )}
    
 {
   featureOffcanvasOpen &&