DXSubMenuItem Class

Specifies a submenu.

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v22.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Utils, DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

public class DXSubMenuItem :
    DXMenuItem,
    IDXMenuItemCollectionOwner

Public Class DXSubMenuItem
    Inherits DXMenuItem
    Implements IDXMenuItemCollectionOwner

Remarks

The DXSubMenuItem class is a submenu which can contain nested menu items. You can populate the submenu with nested items via the DXSubMenuItem.Items property. The DXSubMenuItem.BeforePopup event allows you to populate the menu dynamically.

You can add the following menu items to a submenu:

regular menu items (DXMenuItem objects);
check menu item (DXMenuCheckItem objects)
other submenus (DXSubMenuItem objects).

DXSubMenuItem items can be added as elements to menus (DXPopupMenu objects and its descendants). See the DXPopupMenu topic for more information.

Example

The following example shows how to use the GridView.PopupMenuShowing event to create a custom menu in the Data Grid control. The created menu is displayed when you right-click within a data row or group row. It contains a ‘Rows’ submenu with a single “Delete this row” regular button, and a ‘Cell Merging’ check button.

DXMenuItem_Ex

A click on the ‘Delete this row’ button invokes the ColumnView.DeleteRow method. The ‘Cell Merging’ check button toggles the GridOptionsView.AllowCellMerge option.

C#
VB.NET

using DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid;
using DevExpress.Utils.Menu;
using DevExpress.XtraEditors;

private void gridView1_PopupMenuShowing(object sender, PopupMenuShowingEventArgs e) {
    GridView view = sender as GridView;
    if (e.MenuType == DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridMenuType.Row) {
        int rowHandle = e.HitInfo.RowHandle;
        // Delete existing menu items, if any.
        e.Menu.Items.Clear();
        // Add the Rows submenu with the 'Delete Row' command
        e.Menu.Items.Add(CreateSubMenuRows(view, rowHandle));
        // Add the 'Cell Merging' check menu item.
        DXMenuItem item = CreateMenuItemCellMerging(view, rowHandle);
        item.BeginGroup = true;
        e.Menu.Items.Add(item);
    }
}

DXMenuItem CreateSubMenuRows(GridView view, int rowHandle) {
    DXSubMenuItem subMenu = new DXSubMenuItem("Rows");
    string deleteRowsCommandCaption;
    if (view.IsGroupRow(rowHandle))
        deleteRowsCommandCaption = "&Delete rows in this group";
    else
        deleteRowsCommandCaption = "&Delete this row";
    DXMenuItem menuItemDeleteRow = new DXMenuItem(deleteRowsCommandCaption, new EventHandler(OnDeleteRowClick), imageCollection1.Images[0]);
    menuItemDeleteRow.Tag = new RowInfo(view, rowHandle);
    menuItemDeleteRow.Enabled = view.IsDataRow(rowHandle) || view.IsGroupRow(rowHandle);
    subMenu.Items.Add(menuItemDeleteRow);
    return subMenu;
}

DXMenuCheckItem CreateMenuItemCellMerging(GridView view, int rowHandle) {
    DXMenuCheckItem checkItem = new DXMenuCheckItem("Cell &Merging",
      view.OptionsView.AllowCellMerge, null, new EventHandler(OnCellMergingClick));
    checkItem.Tag = new RowInfo(view, rowHandle);
    checkItem.ImageOptions.Image = imageCollection1.Images[1];
    return checkItem;
}

void OnDeleteRowClick(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    DXMenuItem menuItem = sender as DXMenuItem;
    RowInfo ri = menuItem.Tag as RowInfo;
    if (ri != null) {
        string message = menuItem.Caption.Replace("&", "");
        if (XtraMessageBox.Show(message + " ?", "Confirm operation", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) != DialogResult.Yes)
            return;
        ri.View.DeleteRow(ri.RowHandle);
    }
}

void OnCellMergingClick(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    DXMenuCheckItem item = sender as DXMenuCheckItem;
    RowInfo info = item.Tag as RowInfo;
    info.View.OptionsView.AllowCellMerge = item.Checked;
}

class RowInfo {
    public RowInfo(GridView view, int rowHandle) {
        this.RowHandle = rowHandle;
        this.View = view;
    }
    public GridView View;
    public int RowHandle;
}

Imports DevExpress.Utils.Menu
Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors
Imports DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Private Sub GridView1_PopupMenuShowing(sender As Object, e As PopupMenuShowingEventArgs) Handles GridView1.PopupMenuShowing
    Dim view As GridView = TryCast(sender, GridView)

    If e.MenuType = GridMenuType.Row Then
        Dim rowHandle As Integer = e.HitInfo.RowHandle
        e.Menu.Items.Clear()
        e.Menu.Items.Add(CreateSubMenuRows(view, rowHandle))
        Dim item As DXMenuItem = CreateMenuItemCellMerging(view, rowHandle)
        item.BeginGroup = True
        e.Menu.Items.Add(item)
    End If
End Sub

Private Function CreateSubMenuRows(ByVal view As GridView, ByVal rowHandle As Integer) As DXMenuItem
    Dim subMenu As DXSubMenuItem = New DXSubMenuItem("Rows")
    Dim deleteRowsCommandCaption As String
    If view.IsGroupRow(rowHandle) Then
        deleteRowsCommandCaption = "&Delete rows in this group"
    Else
        deleteRowsCommandCaption = "&Delete this row"
    End If
    Dim menuItemDeleteRow As DXMenuItem = New DXMenuItem(deleteRowsCommandCaption, New EventHandler(AddressOf OnDeleteRowClick), ImageCollection1.Images(0))
    menuItemDeleteRow.Tag = New RowInfo(view, rowHandle)
    menuItemDeleteRow.Enabled = view.IsDataRow(rowHandle) OrElse view.IsGroupRow(rowHandle)
    subMenu.Items.Add(menuItemDeleteRow)
    Return subMenu
End Function

Private Function CreateMenuItemCellMerging(ByVal view As GridView, ByVal rowHandle As Integer) As DXMenuCheckItem
    Dim checkItem As DXMenuCheckItem = New DXMenuCheckItem("Cell &Merging", view.OptionsView.AllowCellMerge, Nothing, New EventHandler(AddressOf OnCellMergingClick))
    checkItem.Tag = New RowInfo(view, rowHandle)
    checkItem.ImageOptions.Image = ImageCollection1.Images(1)
    Return checkItem
End Function

Private Sub OnDeleteRowClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    Dim menuItem As DXMenuItem = TryCast(sender, DXMenuItem)
    Dim ri As RowInfo = TryCast(menuItem.Tag, RowInfo)
    If ri IsNot Nothing Then
        Dim message As String = menuItem.Caption.Replace("&", "")
        If XtraMessageBox.Show(message & " ?", "Confirm operation", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) <> DialogResult.Yes Then Return
        ri.View.DeleteRow(ri.RowHandle)
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub OnCellMergingClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    Dim item As DXMenuCheckItem = TryCast(sender, DXMenuCheckItem)
    Dim info As RowInfo = TryCast(item.Tag, RowInfo)
    info.View.OptionsView.AllowCellMerge = item.Checked
End Sub

Class RowInfo
    Public Sub New(ByVal view As GridView, ByVal rowHandle As Integer)
        Me.RowHandle = rowHandle
        Me.View = view
    End Sub

    Public View As GridView
    Public RowHandle As Integer
End Class