ASPxHtmlEditorSettings.AllowContextMenu Property

Gets or sets a value that specifies whether the editor’s specific context menu is available to end-users in design view and html view.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web.ASPxHtmlEditor

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.ASPxHtmlEditor.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(DefaultBoolean.True)]
public DefaultBoolean AllowContextMenu { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(DefaultBoolean.True)>
Public Property AllowContextMenu As DefaultBoolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
DefaultBoolean	True	One of the DefaultBoolean enumeration settings.

Available values:

Name	Description	Return Value
True	The value is true.	0
False	The value is false.	1
Default	The value is specified by a global option or a higher-level object.	2

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Library	Object Type	Path to AllowContextMenu
ASP.NET MVC Extensions	HtmlEditorSettings	.Settings .AllowContextMenu
ASP.NET Web Forms Controls	ASPxHtmlEditor	.Settings .AllowContextMenu

Remarks

Options include:

Setting	Description
True	Context menu (ASPxPopupMenu) is enabled within the ASPxHtmlEditor.
False	Context menu is disabled within the ASPxHtmlEditor.
Default	A browser’s context menu is used for the ASPxHtmlEditor.

The following code snippets demonstrate how to customize the AllowContextMenu property’s value.

C#

ASPxHtmlEditor1.Settings.AllowContextMenu = false;

VB.NET

ASPxHtmlEditor1.Settings.AllowContextMenu = False

ASPX

<dx:ASPxHtmlEditor ID="ASPxHtmlEditor1" runat="server">
    <Settings AllowContextMenu="False" />
</dx:ASPxHtmlEditor>

Note

If the AllowContextMenu property is set to DefaultBoolean.False, the context menu is not invoked via a right click within the ASPxHtmlEditor’s Design View Area. In this instance, end-users are allowed to modify the editor’s content using only visual UI elements (such as Toolbar Items).