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Pop-Up Menus

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The Spreadsheet has several types of context (pop-up) menus which are invoked when the user clicks different visual objects. The SpreadsheetControl provides the SpreadsheetControl.PopupMenuShowing event which allows you to customize context menus by adding or removing items.

Context Menus Overview

Menu Type Appearance Description
SpreadsheetMenuType.AutoFilter AutoFilterMenuType Specifies a context menu which can be invoked by clicking the AutoFilter drop-down arrow.
SpreadsheetMenuType.Cell CellMenuType Specifies a context menu which can be invoked by right-clicking any cell in a worksheet.
SpreadsheetMenuType.Chart ChartMenuType Specifies a context menu which can be invoked by right-clicking a chart in a worksheet.
SpreadsheetMenuType.ColumnHeading ColumnHeadingMenuType Specifies a context menu which can be invoked by right-clicking a column header.
SpreadsheetMenuType.DrawingObjects DrawingObjectsMenuType Specifies a context menu which can be invoked by right-clicking a drawing object when a worksheet contains several drawing objects, such as pictures or charts.
SpreadsheetMenuType.Picture PictureMenuType Specifies a context menu which can be invoked by right-clicking a picture embedded in a worksheet.
SpreadsheetMenuType.PivotTable PivotTableMenuType Specifies a context menu which can be invoked by right-clicking any cell in a pivot table.
SpreadsheetMenuType.PivotTableAutoFilter PivotTableAutoFilterMenuType Specifies a context menu which can be invoked by clicking the AutoFilter drop-down arrow on the row or column label of a pivot table.
SpreadsheetMenuType.RowHeading RowHeadingMenuType Specifies a context menu which can be invoked by right-clicking a row header.
SpreadsheetMenuType.SelectAllButton SelectAllButtonMenuType Specifies a context menu which can be invoked by right-clicking the Select All button in the upper-left corner of a worksheet.
SpreadsheetMenuType.SheetTab SheetTabMenuType Specifies a context menu which can be invoked by right-clicking a worksheet tab.

Customizing Context Menus in Code

This example demonstrates how to customize the SpreadsheetControl‘s context menu. In particular, this sample demonstrates how to remove or disable the existing items of the context menu and add new menu items.

Handle the SpreadsheetControl.PopupMenuShowing event to change specific items of the SpreadsheetControl’s popup menu every time it is invoked. The current menu can be accessed via the Menu property of the event parameter.

All context menu types are listed in the SpreadsheetMenuType enumeration. The following code modifies the SpreadsheetMenuType.Cell menu, which can be invoked by right-clicking any cell on a worksheet.

Note

The CommandPopupMenu<T>.EnableMenuItem method does not enable the context menu item if you set the corresponding command’s ICommandUIState.Enabled property to false.

using DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet;
using DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Commands;
using DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Services;
using DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Menu;
        private void spreadsheetControl1_PopupMenuShowing(object sender, PopupMenuShowingEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.MenuType == SpreadsheetMenuType.Cell)
            {
                // Remove the "Clear Contents" menu item.
                e.Menu.RemoveMenuItem(SpreadsheetCommandId.FormatClearContentsContextMenuItem);

                // Disable the "Hyperlink" menu item.
                e.Menu.DisableMenuItem(SpreadsheetCommandId.InsertHyperlinkContextMenuItem);

                // Create a menu item for the Spreadsheet command, which inserts a picture into a worksheet.
                ISpreadsheetCommandFactoryService service = (ISpreadsheetCommandFactoryService)spreadsheetControl1.GetService(typeof(ISpreadsheetCommandFactoryService));
                SpreadsheetCommand cmd = service.CreateCommand(SpreadsheetCommandId.InsertPicture);
                SpreadsheetMenuItemCommandWinAdapter menuItemCommandAdapter = new SpreadsheetMenuItemCommandWinAdapter(cmd);
                SpreadsheetMenuItem menuItem = (SpreadsheetMenuItem)menuItemCommandAdapter.CreateMenuItem(DevExpress.Utils.Menu.DXMenuItemPriority.Normal);
                menuItem.BeginGroup = true;
                e.Menu.Items.Add(menuItem);

                // Insert a new item into the Spreadsheet popup menu and handle its click event.
                SpreadsheetMenuItem myItem = new SpreadsheetMenuItem("My Menu Item", new EventHandler(MyClickHandler));
                e.Menu.Items.Add(myItem);
            }
        }

        public void MyClickHandler(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("My Menu Item Clicked!");
        }
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