SpreadsheetControl.MenuCustomizations Property

Allows you to customize the Spreadsheet control’s context menus. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Spreadsheet.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Spreadsheet

Declaration

C#

public ObservableCollection<SpreadsheetMenuCustomization> MenuCustomizations { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property MenuCustomizations As ObservableCollection(Of SpreadsheetMenuCustomization)

Property Value

Type	Description
ObservableCollection<SpreadsheetMenuCustomization>	A collection of menu customization actions.

Remarks

Add the InsertAction, UpdateAction or RemoveAction customization actions to the SpreadsheetControl.MenuCustomizations collection to create, modify, or remove items of the Spreadsheet control’s context menus. Use the SpreadsheetMenuCustomization.MenuType property to specify the menu type you want to customize.

The example below demonstrates how to customize the Cell context menu.

View Example

XAML

<dx:ThemedWindow x:Class="WpfSpreadsheetMenuCustomization.MainWindow" mc:Ignorable="d" 
                 Title="Spreadsheet" Height="450" Width="800"
    xmlns:dx="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/core"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfSpreadsheetMenuCustomization"
    xmlns:dxsps="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/spreadsheet" 
    xmlns:dxb="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/bars">
    <Grid>
        <dxsps:SpreadsheetControl x:Name="spreadsheetControl">
            <dxsps:SpreadsheetControl.MenuCustomizations>
                <dxsps:SpreadsheetMenuCustomization MenuType="Cell">
                    <!--Add a separator after the first three menu items.-->
                    <dxb:InsertAction Index="3">
                        <dxb:BarItemSeparator />
                    </dxb:InsertAction>
                    <!--Insert a custom menu item under the separator
                    to highlight selected cells.-->
                    <dxb:InsertAction Index="4">
                        <dxb:BarButtonItem Content="Highlight Cells" 
                                           ItemClick="HighlightCells_ItemClick" />
                    </dxb:InsertAction>
                    <!--Append a new item to the end of the context menu
                    and bind this item to the spreadsheet command.-->
                    <dxb:BarButtonItem Command="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}, Mode=OneWay, 
                        Path=(dxsps:SpreadsheetControl.Spreadsheet).CommandProvider.MergeAndCenterCells}" 
                        Content="Merge Cells" />
                    <!--Change the Copy item's content.-->
                    <dxb:UpdateAction ElementName="{x:Static dxsps:DefaultBarItemNames.PopupMenuItem_Copy}" 
                                      PropertyName="Content" 
                                      Value="Copy Cells" />
                    <!--Remove the Insert Comment item from the menu.-->
                    <dxb:RemoveAction ElementName="{x:Static dxsps:DefaultBarItemNames.PopupMenuItem_InsertComment}" />
                    <!--Remove the Hyperlink item from the menu.-->
                    <dxb:RemoveAction ElementName="{x:Static dxsps:DefaultBarItemNames.PopupMenuItem_InsertHyperlink}" />
                </dxsps:SpreadsheetMenuCustomization>
            </dxsps:SpreadsheetControl.MenuCustomizations>
        </dxsps:SpreadsheetControl>
    </Grid>
</dx:ThemedWindow>

Handle the Highlight Cells item’s ItemClick event to highlight selected cells in yellow.

C#

private void HighlightCells_ItemClick(object sender, DevExpress.Xpf.Bars.ItemClickEventArgs e)
{
    // Fill selected cells with the yellow color. 
    spreadsheetControl.Selection.FillColor = System.Drawing.Color.Yellow;
}

VB.NET

Private Sub HighlightCells_ItemClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.Xpf.Bars.ItemClickEventArgs)
    ' Fill selected cells with the yellow color. 
    spreadsheetControl.Selection.FillColor = System.Drawing.Color.Yellow
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

wpf-spreadsheet-customize-context-menu/CS/MenuCustomization/MainWindow.xaml#L34

PopupMenuShowing="SpreadsheetControlPopupMenuShowing">
<dxsps:SpreadsheetControl.MenuCustomizations>
    <dxsps:SpreadsheetMenuCustomization MenuType="Cell">