diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa0ddbeb66..bbe028fee0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 * Adds support for supplying CSS variable names to a color field's `presetColors` array as selectable values.
 * Adds support for dynamic focus trap in Context menus (prop `dynamicFocus`). When set to `true`, the focusable elements are recalculated on each cycle step.
 * Adds option to disable `tabindex` on `AposToggle` component. A new prop `disableFocus` can be set to `false` to disable the focus on the toggle button. It's enabled by default.
+* Adds support for event on `addContextOperation`, an option `type` can now be passed and can be `modal` (default) or `event`, in this case it does not try to open a modal but emit a bus event using the action as name.
 
 ## 4.10.0 (2024-11-20)
 
diff --git a/modules/@apostrophecms/doc-type/ui/apos/components/AposDocContextMenu.vue b/modules/@apostrophecms/doc-type/ui/apos/components/AposDocContextMenu.vue
index cc28bdde93..6fe678c81c 100644
--- a/modules/@apostrophecms/doc-type/ui/apos/components/AposDocContextMenu.vue
+++ b/modules/@apostrophecms/doc-type/ui/apos/components/AposDocContextMenu.vue
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import AposDocContextMenuLogic from 'Modules/@apostrophecms/doc-type/logic/AposD
 export default {
   name: 'AposDocContextMenu',
   mixins: [ AposDocContextMenuLogic ],
-  // Satisfy linting.
   emits: [ 'menu-open', 'menu-close', 'close' ]
 };
 </script>
diff --git a/modules/@apostrophecms/doc-type/ui/apos/logic/AposDocContextMenu.js b/modules/@apostrophecms/doc-type/ui/apos/logic/AposDocContextMenu.js
index a2f6aa42d5..6ff136e512 100644
--- a/modules/@apostrophecms/doc-type/ui/apos/logic/AposDocContextMenu.js
+++ b/modules/@apostrophecms/doc-type/ui/apos/logic/AposDocContextMenu.js
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ export default {
           }
         ] : [])
       ];
+
       return menu;
     },
     customMenusByContext() {
@@ -394,6 +395,7 @@ export default {
         this.customAction(this.context, operation);
         return;
       }
+
       this[action](this.context);
     },
     async edit(doc) {
@@ -449,6 +451,10 @@ export default {
         ...docProps(doc),
         ...operation.props
       };
+      if (operation.type === 'event') {
+        apos.bus.$emit(operation.action, props);
+        return;
+      }
       await apos.modal.execute(operation.modal, props);
       function docProps(doc) {
         return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(operation.docProps || {}).map(([ key, value ]) => {
diff --git a/modules/@apostrophecms/doc/index.js b/modules/@apostrophecms/doc/index.js
index 77727915a4..3911c74d3d 100644
--- a/modules/@apostrophecms/doc/index.js
+++ b/modules/@apostrophecms/doc/index.js
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ module.exports = {
         ];
 
         function validate ({
-          action, context, label, modal, conditions, if: ifProps
+          action, context, type = 'modal', label, modal, conditions, if: ifProps
         }) {
           const allowedConditions = [
             'canPublish',
@@ -1503,8 +1503,12 @@ module.exports = {
             'canShareDraft'
           ];
 
-          if (!action || !context || !label || !modal) {
-            throw self.apos.error('invalid', 'addContextOperation requires action, context, label and modal properties.');
+          if (![ 'event', 'modal' ].includes(type)) {
+            throw self.apos.error('invalid', '`type` option must be `modal` (default) or `event`');
+          }
+
+          if (!action || !context || !label || (type === 'modal' && !modal)) {
+            throw self.apos.error('invalid', 'addContextOperation requires action, context, label and modal (if type is set to `modal` or unset) properties.');
           }
 
           if (