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ContextMenuShowingEventArgs Class

Contains data for the ContextMenuShowing event.

#Declaration

TypeScript
export class ContextMenuShowingEventArgs extends EventArgs

#Remarks

The ContextMenuShowing event occurs before a context menu is displayed. The event handler receives an argument of the ContextMenuShowingEventArgs type. The argument’s properties provide information specific to this event.

#Inheritance

EventArgs
ContextMenuShowingEventArgs

#Properties

#contextMenu Property

Returns an object that contains context menu settings.

#Declaration

TypeScript
readonly contextMenu: IContextMenu

#Property Value

Type Description
IContextMenu

An object that implements the IContextMenu interface and contains the context menu settings.

#Remarks

function onContextMenuShowing(s, e) {
    var characterProperties = s.selection.activeSubDocument.getCharacterProperties(s.selection.intervals[0]);
    if (characterProperties.bold === true || characterProperties.bold === undefined) {
        e.contextMenu.removeItem(DevExpress.RichEdit.ContextMenuCommandId.Copy);
        e.contextMenu.removeItem(DevExpress.RichEdit.ContextMenuCommandId.Paste);
        e.contextMenu.removeItem(DevExpress.RichEdit.ContextMenuCommandId.Cut);
        e.contextMenu.insertItem(new DevExpress.RichEdit.ContextMenuItem('CutCopy', {
            icon: 'close', text: 'Copy Paste Disabled', disabled: true
        }), 1);
    }
};