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BarCustomContainerItem.MenuDrawMode Property

Gets or sets the menu’s display mode.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

[DefaultValue(MenuDrawMode.Default)]
public virtual MenuDrawMode MenuDrawMode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Default Description
MenuDrawMode Default

A MenuDrawMode value that specifies the menu’s display mode.

Available values:

Name Description
Default

A menu is painted according to its type.

For ApplicationMenu objects, the default draw mode is affected by the ApplicationMenu.ShowRightPane property. If the ApplicationMenu.ShowRightPane option is set to false, menu items are painted as in the MenuDrawMode.LargeImagesTextDescription mode. If the option is set to true, menu items are painted as in the MenuDrawMode.LargeImagesText draw mode.

SmallImagesText

Allows menu item captions and small images to be displayed.

MenuDrawMode_SmallImagesText

LargeImagesText

Allows menu item captions and large images to be displayed.

MenuDrawMode_LargeImagesText

LargeImagesTextDescription

Allows menu item captions, descriptions and large images to be displayed.

MenuDrawMode_LargeImagesTextDescription

Remarks

The MenuDrawMode property is in effect when items that belong to the current BarCustomContainerItem object are displayed as a popup menu (or submenu). You can use this property to specify whether large or small images need to be used for menu items and whether to display menu item descriptions along with captions.

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