DockLayoutManager.ShowContextMenu(BaseLayoutItem) Method

Displays a context menu with the dock commands related to the specified item.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Docking

Declaration

C#

public void ShowContextMenu(
    BaseLayoutItem item
)

VB.NET

Public Sub ShowContextMenu(
    item As BaseLayoutItem
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
item	BaseLayoutItem	A BaseLayoutItem for which a context menu is to be displayed.

Remarks

Dock panels support context menus, invoked on right-clicking on the panel’s caption:

The ShowContextMenu method allows a panel’s context menu to be manually invoked. The menu is displayed at the cursor’s position.

To customize the menu, handle the DockLayoutManager.ShowingMenu event, or add menu customization actions via the DockLayoutManager.ContextMenuCustomizations property.