BarItemMenuHeader.ItemsOrientation Property

Gets or sets how the BarItemMenuHeader arranges its items. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Bars

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public HeaderOrientation ItemsOrientation { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property ItemsOrientation As HeaderOrientation

Property Value

Type	Description
HeaderOrientation	The value that specifies how the BarItemMenuHeader arranges its items.

Available values:

Name	Description
Default	The orientation of tab headers in the Header Panel is defined by the location of the Panel, specified by the TabControlViewBase.HeaderLocation property. The headers are oriented horizontally if the Header Panel is located at the top or bottom of the tab item. Otherwise, they are oriented vertically.
Horizontal	The tab headers in the Header Panel are oriented horizontally.
Vertical	The tab headers in the Header Panel are oriented vertically.

Remarks

If the ItemsOrientation property is set to Horizontal the BarItemMenuHeader displays item glyphs without captions.

The following code sample creates a context menu that consists of BarItemMenuHeader objects with different captions and orientations:

XAML

<Window ...
        xmlns:dxb="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/bars" 
        xmlns:dx="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/core">
    <dxb:BarManager.DXContextMenu>
        <dxb:PopupMenu>
            <dxb:BarItemMenuHeader Name="fontHeader" ItemsOrientation="Horizontal" ShowContentHeader="False">
                <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="biBold" Glyph="{dx:DXImage 'SvgImages/Format/Bold.svg'}" Content="Bold"/>
                <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="biItalic" Glyph="{dx:DXImage 'SvgImages/Format/Italic.svg'}" Content="Italic"/>
                <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="biUnderline" Glyph="{dx:DXImage 'SvgImages/Format/Underline.svg'}" Content="Underline"/>
                <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="biFontIncrease" Glyph="{dx:DXImage 'SvgImages/Format/FontSizeIncrease.svg'}" Content="Increase Font"/>
                <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="biFontDecrease" Glyph="{dx:DXImage 'SvgImages/Format/FontSizeDecrease.svg'}" Content="Decrease Font"/>
                <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="biFontColor" Glyph="{dx:DXImage 'SvgImages/RichEdit/FontColor.svg'}" Content="Font Color"/>
            </dxb:BarItemMenuHeader>

            <dxb:BarItemMenuHeader Name="mainHeader" ItemsOrientation="Vertical" ShowContentHeader="False">
                <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="biCut" Glyph="{dx:DXImage 'SvgImages/Edit/Cut.svg'}" Content="Cut"/>
                <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="biCopy" Glyph="{dx:DXImage 'SvgImages/Edit/Copy.svg'}" Content="Copy"/>
                <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="biPaste" Glyph="{dx:DXImage 'SvgImages/Edit/Paste.svg'}" Content="Paste"/>
            </dxb:BarItemMenuHeader>

            <dxb:BarItemMenuHeader Name="alignmentHeader" Content="Alignment" ItemsOrientation="Vertical" ShowContentHeader="True">
                <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="biLeft" Glyph="{dx:DXImage 'SvgImages/Format/AlignLeft.svg'}" Content="Align Left"/>
                <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="biCenter" Glyph="{dx:DXImage 'SvgImages/Format/AlignCenter.svg'}" Content="Align Center"/>
                <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="biRight" Glyph="{dx:DXImage 'SvgImages/Format/AlignRight.svg'}" Content="Align Right"/>
            </dxb:BarItemMenuHeader>
        </dxb:PopupMenu>
    </dxb:BarManager.DXContextMenu>