RibbonControl.CustomizeSearchMenu Event

Fires when the query in the search box changes and allows you to customize search results.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[DXCategory("Events")]
public event RibbonSearchMenuEventHandler CustomizeSearchMenu

VB.NET

<DXCategory("Events")>
Public Event CustomizeSearchMenu As RibbonSearchMenuEventHandler

Event Data

The CustomizeSearchMenu event's data class is RibbonSearchMenuEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property	Description
Menu	Gets the search menu.
SearchString	Gets text entered in the search box. Inherited from RibbonSearchMenuBaseEventArgs.
ShowNoMatchesItem	Gets or sets whether to display the No matches found item in the Search Menu.

The event data class exposes the following methods:

Method	Description
AddHeader(String)	Adds a header to the Search Menu.
AddItem(BarItem)	Adds an item to the Search Menu.

Remarks

The CustomizeSearchMenu event fires when the query in the search box changes and allows you to customize the menu. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

• SearchString – Gets the search query.
• Menu – Gets the search menu (see PopupMenu). The Menu.ItemLinks collection contains all the available bar item links. An item link is visible or hidden based on the current search query.
• AddHeader(String) – Adds a header to the search menu.
• AddItem(BarItem) – Adds an item to the search menu.
• ShowNoMatchesItem – Specifies whether to display the No matches found item.

Enable the RibbonOptionsSearchMenu.UseCustomRibbonSearch option to populate the search menu only through the CustomizeSearchMenu event.

Example

The code below shows how to add a custom button to the menu and show an item regardless of the current query.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraBars;

ribbonControl1.CustomizeSearchMenu += RibbonControl1_CustomizeSearchMenu;

BarButtonItem shareButton;
BarButtonItem ShareButton {
    get {
        if (shareButton == null) {
            BarButtonItem shareButton = new BarButtonItem();
            shareButton.Caption = "Share";
            shareButton.ItemClick += (s, e) => MessageBox.Show("Share");
            shareButton.Manager = ribbonControl1.Manager;
            this.shareButton = shareButton;
        }
        return shareButton;
    }
}

private void ribbonControl1_CustomizeSearchMenu(object sender, DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon.RibbonSearchMenuEventArgs e) {
    // Add a custom button that is always visible.
    e.AddItem(ShareButton);
    // Show the Online Help command regardless of the current query.
    e.Menu.ItemLinks.Where(x => x.Item == biOnlineHelp).First().Visible = true;
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraBars

Private shareButton1 As BarButtonItem
Private ReadOnly Property ShareButton() As BarButtonItem
    Get
        If shareButton1 Is Nothing Then
            Dim share As New BarButtonItem()
            share.Caption = "Share"
            AddHandler share.ItemClick, Sub(s, e) MessageBox.Show("Share")
            shareButton1.Manager = ribbonControl1.Manager
            Me.shareButton1 = share
        End If
        Return shareButton1
    End Get
End Property

Private Sub ribbonControl1_CustomizeSearchMenu(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Ribbon.RibbonSearchMenuEventArgs) _
    Handles ribbonControl1.CustomizeSearchMenu
    ' Add a custom button that is always visible.
    e.AddItem(ShareButton)
    ' Show the Online Help command regardless of the current query.
    e.Menu.ItemLinks.Where(Function(x) x.Item Is biOnlineHelp).First().Visible = True
End Sub