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    How to customize a panel's context menu via actions

    This example shows how to customize a panel’s context menu via customization actions.

    Menu customization actions are added via the DockLayoutManager.ContextMenuCustomizations collection.

    View Example

    <dxdo:DockLayoutManager.ContextMenuCustomizations>
    <!--Adds a new About menu command at the top-->
    <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="bAbout" CategoryName="Help" Content="About" ItemClick="bAbout_ItemClick" dxb:BarItemLinkActionBase.ItemLinkIndex="0" />
    <!--Add a separator-->
    <dxb:InsertBarItemLinkAction ItemLinkIndex="1">
        <dxb:BarItemLinkSeparator />
    </dxb:InsertBarItemLinkAction>
</dxdo:DockLayoutManager.ContextMenuCustomizations>