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IDashboardControl.PopupMenuShowing Event

Allows you to customize the pop-up menu that users invoke in the dashboard control.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWin

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v24.1.Win.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Dashboard

Declaration

event DashboardPopupMenuShowingEventHandler PopupMenuShowing

Event Data

The PopupMenuShowing event's data class is DashboardPopupMenuShowingEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property Description
Allow Gets or sets whether end-users can invoke a popup menu.
ButtonType Gets the type of the clicked command button.
DashboardArea Gets the value that identifies a popup menu location within the dashboard.
DashboardItemArea Gets the area of the dashboard item for which the event has been raised.
DashboardItemName Gets the name of the dashboard item for which the event has been raised. Inherited from DashboardItemMouseEventArgs.
Data Gets the dashboard item’s client data. Inherited from DashboardItemMouseHitTestEventArgs.
Menu Gets or sets a popup menu.

The event data class exposes the following methods:

Method Description
GetAxisPoint() Returns the axis point corresponding to the visual element located under the test point. Inherited from DashboardItemMouseHitTestEventArgs.
GetAxisPoint(String) Returns the axis point corresponding to the visual element located under the test point. Inherited from DashboardItemMouseHitTestEventArgs.
GetDeltas() Gets a list of deltas corresponding to the visual element located under the test point. Inherited from DashboardItemMouseHitTestEventArgs.
GetMeasures() Gets a list of measures corresponding to the visual element located under the test point. Inherited from DashboardItemMouseHitTestEventArgs.
GetSlice() Returns the slice of client data by the axis point corresponding to the visual element located under the test point. Inherited from DashboardItemMouseHitTestEventArgs.
GetSlice(String) Returns the slice of client data by the axis point corresponding to the visual element located under the test point. Inherited from DashboardItemMouseHitTestEventArgs.
GetUnderlyingData() Returns underlying data corresponding to the visual element located under the test point. Inherited from DashboardItemMouseHitTestEventArgs.
GetUnderlyingData(IList<String>) Returns underlying data corresponding to the visual element located under the test point. Inherited from DashboardItemMouseHitTestEventArgs.
GetUnderlyingData(String, IList<String>) Returns underlying data corresponding to the visual element located under the test point. Inherited from DashboardItemMouseHitTestEventArgs.
GetUnderlyingData(String) Returns underlying data corresponding to the visual element located under the test point. Inherited from DashboardItemMouseHitTestEventArgs.

Remarks

The PopupMenuShowing event occurs when a user invokes a pop-up menu in the UI. This event allows you to customize the pop-up menu that is invoked when a user right-clicks a dashboard item or clicks a command button in the dashboard title or the dashboard item caption.

Use the following properties in the PopupMenuShowing event handler to customize the pop-up menu:

The e.DashboardArea property identifies the pop-up menu’s location. The e.DashboardItemArea property gets the area of the target dashboard item.

The e.DashboardItemName property obtains the dashboard item name for which the event is raised. To identify the clicked command button, use the e.ButtonType property.

Use the e.Menu property to customize the pop-up menu. You can set the e.Allow property to false or assign null to the e.Menu property to prevent users from invoking the menu.

Example

The following example shows how to customize the Pivot dashboard item’s pop-up menu:

popup-menu-showing-pivot-example

The PopupMenuShowing event occurs each time a user invokes a pop-up menu and adds the “Custom Menu Item” link to the Pivot’s menu. Note that you need to remove the previously added “Custom Menu Item” link from BarItemLinkCollection each time the event fires. Otherwise, the pop-up menu creates “Custom Menu Item” copies.

using DevExpress.XtraBars;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace DashboardSample {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        // Creates a new bar item.
        BarButtonItem _newBarItem;
        BarButtonItem NewBarItem {
            get {
                if (_newBarItem == null) {
                    _newBarItem = new BarButtonItem();
                    _newBarItem.Caption = "Custom Menu Item";
                    _newBarItem.ItemClick += NewItem_ItemClick;
                }
                return _newBarItem;
            }
        }
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
            dashboardDesigner1.CreateRibbon();
            dashboardDesigner1.LoadDashboard("DataFolder/nwind.xml");
        }
        private void dashboardControl1_PopupMenuShowing(object sender, DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardPopupMenuShowingEventArgs e) {
            BarItemLink existingItemLink = e.Menu.ItemLinks.Where(link => link.Item == _newBarItem).FirstOrDefault();
            if (e.DashboardItemName == "pivotDashboardItem1") {
                // Inserts the item link in the Pivot's pop-up menu.
                if (existingItemLink != null)
                    e.Menu.ItemLinks.Remove(existingItemLink);
                    e.Menu.ItemLinks.Insert(0, NewBarItem);
            }
            else {
                // Removes the added link for other dashboard items.
                e.Menu.ItemLinks.Remove(existingItemLink);
            }
        }
        // Shows a message when a user clicks the Custom Menu Item in the invoked pop-up menu.
        private void NewItem_ItemClick(object sender, ItemClickEventArgs e) {
            MessageBox.Show("Custom Menu Item Clicked");
        }
    }
}
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