EditorContainer.MenuManager Property

Gets or sets an object that controls the look and feel of the popup menus.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors.Container

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(null)]
[DXCategory("BarManager")]
public IDXMenuManager MenuManager { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(Nothing)>
<DXCategory("BarManager")>
Public Property MenuManager As IDXMenuManager

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
DevExpress.Utils.Menu.IDXMenuManager	*null*	An object that controls the look and feel of the popup menus.

Remarks

The MenuManager property allows you to specify an IDXMenuManager object to control the look and feel of the popup menus. If the property is set to null, the control’s popup menus will be painted by the control itself. Otherwise, the IDXMenuManager object will be responsible for painting the menus.

Currently, the IDXMenuManager interface is implemented by the BarManager component which is part of the DevExpress Ribbon, Menu and Docking Library.

If the MenuManager property is set to an instance of the BarManager component, you can provide different look and feels (Flat, Styles3D, OfficeXP, Office2003 etc) for popup menus. Look and feel settings are controlled in this case by the BarAndDockingController.LookAndFeel and BarAndDockingController.PaintStyleName properties of the bar and docking controller used by the bar manager.

The following images show an XtraGrid’s menus painted using various schemes imposed by the associated bar manager:

UltraFlat
WindowsXP
Office2000
Office2003

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the MenuManager property.

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C#

how-to-replace-standard-menus-with-my-own-e2788/CS/WindowsApplication1/Form1.cs#L37

    filterControl1.MenuManager = myMenuManager;
    gridControl1.MenuManager = myMenuManager;
}

how-to-implement-your-own-filter-builder-dialog-for-the-gridview-e1919/CS/B143073/GridControl.cs#L31

FilterColumn defaultFilterColumn) {
return new MyFilterBuilder(filterColumns, GridControl.MenuManager, GridControl.LookAndFeel, this,
    defaultFilterColumn);

how-to-show-field-names-instead-of-column-captions-in-the-unbound-expression-editor-t192021/CS/Q472824/CustomGrid/MyGridView.cs#L37

if (this.GridControl != null) {
    form.SetMenuManager(this.GridControl.MenuManager);
}

VB.NET

how-to-replace-standard-menus-with-my-own-e2788/VB/Form1.vb#L35

    filterControl1.MenuManager = myMenuManager
    gridControl1.MenuManager = myMenuManager
End Sub

how-to-implement-your-own-filter-builder-dialog-for-the-gridview-e1919/VB/B143073/GridControl.vb#L43

Protected Overrides Function CreateFilterBuilderDialog(ByVal filterColumns As FilterColumnCollection, ByVal defaultFilterColumn As FilterColumn) As Form
    Return New MyFilterBuilder(filterColumns, GridControl.MenuManager, GridControl.LookAndFeel, Me, defaultFilterColumn)
End Function

how-to-show-field-names-instead-of-column-captions-in-the-unbound-expression-editor-t192021/VB/Q472824/CustomGrid/MyGridView.vb#L55

If Me.GridControl IsNot Nothing Then
    form.SetMenuManager(Me.GridControl.MenuManager)
End If