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How to Customize a Context Menu with the PopupMenuShowing Event

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This example demonstrates how to use the PivotGridControl.PopupMenuShowing event to add custom items to the built-in context menu.

pivotgrid-popupmenushowing-event

The event is handled automatically if the field’s AllowFieldSummaryTypeChanging or AllowFieldSummaryDisplayTypeChanging attached properties are true. The properties are defined in the HeaderMenuHelper class.

<Window  x:Class="HeaderMenuCustomizationExample.MainWindow"
         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
         xmlns:dxpg="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/pivotgrid"
         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
         xmlns:local="clr-namespace:HeaderMenuCustomizationExample"
         Title="Data Header Context Menu Customization" Height="450" Width="800"
         Loaded="Window_Loaded">
    <Grid>
        <dxpg:PivotGridControl Name="pivotGridControl1"
                               local:HeaderMenuHelper.AllowPopupMenuCustomization="True"
                               RowTreeWidth="130">

            <dxpg:PivotGridControl.Fields>
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Area="RowArea" FieldName="Name" />
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Area="RowArea" FieldName="Owner" />
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Area="ColumnArea" FieldName="Type" />
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Area="DataArea" FieldName="Value" Name="fieldValue"
                                     local:HeaderMenuHelper.AllowFieldSummaryTypeChanging="True"
                                     local:HeaderMenuHelper.AllowFieldSummaryDisplayTypeChanging="True" />
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Area="DataArea" FieldName="Target" Name="fieldTarget"
                                     local:HeaderMenuHelper.AllowFieldSummaryTypeChanging="True"
                                     local:HeaderMenuHelper.AllowFieldSummaryDisplayTypeChanging="True" />
            </dxpg:PivotGridControl.Fields>

        </dxpg:PivotGridControl>
    </Grid>
</Window>