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Pop-up Menus in Rich Text Editor

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The Rich Text Editor has several types of context (pop-up) menus which are invoked when the user clicks different visual objects. The RichEditControl provides the RichEditControl.PopupMenuShowing event which allows you to customize context menus.

Context Menus Overview

Menu Type Appearance Description
RichEditMenuType.Comment XtraRichEdit_PopUpMenu_Comment Specifies a context menu invoked for a comment.
RichEditMenuType.Field XtraRichEdit_PopUpMenu_Field Specifies a context menu invoked for a field.
RichEditMenuType.FloatingObject XtraRichEdit_PopUpMenu_FloatingObject Specifies a context menu invoked for a floating object - a picture or text box.
RichEditMenuType.Footer XtraRichEdit_PopUpMenu_Footer Specifies a context menu invoked for a footer.
RichEditMenuType.Header XtraRichEdit_PopUpMenu_Header Specifies a context menu invoked for a header.
RichEditMenuType.Hyperlink XtraRichEdit_PopUpMenu_Hyperlink Specifies a context menu invoked for a hyperlink.
RichEditMenuType.InlinePicture XtraRichEdit_PopUpMenu_InlinePicture Specifies a context menu invoked for an inline picture.
RichEditMenuType.Text XtraRichEdit_PopUpMenu_Text Specifies a context menu invoked for a text.
RichEditMenuType.TableCell XtraRichEdit_PopUpMenu_TableCell Specifies a context menu invoked for a table cell.
RichEditMenuType.TextBox XtraRichEdit_PopUpMenu_TextBox Specifies a context menu invoked for a text box.
RichEditMenuType.Footnote RichEditMenuFootnote Specifies a context menu invoked for a footnote.
RichEditMenuType.Endnote RichEditMenuTypeEndnote Specifies a context menu invoked for an endnote.

Customize Context Menus in Code

Handle the RichEditControl.PopupMenuShowing event to customize context menus at runtime. The RichEditMenuType enumeration lists all available context menu types. Refer to the following topic for details:

Read Tutorial: How to: Customize and Hide the Popup Menu

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