BarSplitButtonItem.PopupControl Property

Gets or sets a drop-down control for the BarSplitButtonItem.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Bars

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public IPopupControl PopupControl { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property PopupControl As IPopupControl

Property Value

Type	Description
DevExpress.Xpf.Bars.IPopupControl	An IPopupControl object that represents a control displayed in the drop-down window.

Remarks

You can set the PopupControl property to any of these objects:

• PopupMenu - A regular popup menu.
• PopupControlContainer - A panel that can contain any controls.

Example

This example shows how to create a BarSplitButtonItem, which represents a button with the drop-down functionality. Clicking the button’s Down Arrow displays a popup window. To add a custom content into the popup, use the PopupControlContainer as the PopupControl. To add other bar items, use the PopupMenu.

The following image shows the result:

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-create-a-barsplitbuttonitem-e1567.

Window1.xaml.cs

private void btnFontColor_ItemClick(object sender, DevExpress.Xpf.Bars.ItemClickEventArgs e) {
    PopupControlContainer pcc = (e.Item as DevExpress.Xpf.Bars.BarSplitButtonItem).PopupControl as PopupControlContainer;
    Color color = ((pcc.Content as UserControl).Content as ColorChooser).Color;
    MessageBox.Show("Color is applied: " + color.ToString());
}

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

dxrichedit-for-wpf-how-to-share-one-richeditcontrol-toolbar-between-several-richeditcontrols-e3445/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L97

<dxre:BarSplitButtonColorEditItem Command="{Binding Path=FormatFontBackColor, Mode=OneTime, Source={StaticResource commands}}" CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=richEditControlProvider1}" Name="biFormatFontBackColor">
    <dxre:BarSplitButtonColorEditItem.PopupControl>
        <dxb:PopupControlContainerInfo>

dxrichedit-for-wpf-table-api-how-to-create-a-multiplication-table-in-code-e3296/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L106

<dxre:BarSplitButtonColorEditItem Command="{Binding Path=FormatFontBackColor, Mode=OneTime, Source={StaticResource commands}}" Name="biFormatFontBackColor">
    <dxre:BarSplitButtonColorEditItem.PopupControl>
        <dxb:PopupControlContainerInfo>

Reporting_wpf-end-user-report-designer-how-to-customize-the-ribbon-toolbar-t281615/CS/ReportDesignerClassicViewTemplate.xaml#L79

<dxb:BarSplitButtonItem Glyph="{dx:DXImage Image=ChangeFontStyle_16x16.png}" ActAsDropDown="True">
    <dxb:BarSplitButtonItem.PopupControl>
        <dxb:PopupControlContainer>

how-to-set-tab-stops-so-that-each-tab-is-of-certain-characters-width-e5203/CS/TabStop_EachNCharacters/MainWindow.xaml#L84

<dxre:BarSplitButtonColorEditItem x:Name="biFormatFontBackColor" Command="{Binding FormatFontBackColor, Mode=OneTime, Source={StaticResource commands}}">
    <dxre:BarSplitButtonColorEditItem.PopupControl>
        <dxb:PopupControlContainerInfo>

dxrichedit-for-wpf-building-a-mail-application-with-the-richeditcontrol-e3276/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L114

<dxre:BarSplitButtonColorEditItem Command="{Binding Path=FormatFontBackColor, Mode=OneTime, Source={StaticResource commands}}" Name="biFormatFontBackColor">
    <dxre:BarSplitButtonColorEditItem.PopupControl>
        <dxb:PopupControlContainerInfo>