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RepositoryItemPictureEdit.ShowEditMenuItem Property

Gets or sets whether the control’s context menu contains the Edit command that invokes the Image Editor. The Image Editor allows users to perform basic edit operations and then save the result back to the PictureEdit control.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v19.1.dll

Declaration

[DXCategory("Behavior")]
[DefaultValue(DefaultBoolean.Default)]
public DefaultBoolean ShowEditMenuItem { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Default Description
DefaultBoolean **Default**

DefaultBoolean.True if the Edit menu command is available; DefaultBoolean.Default or DefaultBoolean.False if the Edit menu item is hidden.

Available values:

Name Description
True

Corresponds to a Boolean value of true.

False

Corresponds to a Boolean value of false.

Default

The value is determined by the current object’s parent object setting (e.g., a control setting).

Remarks

Set the ShowEditMenuItem property to True to allow users to invoke the Image Editor from the control’s context menu, using the Edit command.

The Image Editor dialog provides basic image edit operations:

  • Crop and straighten
  • Adjust brightness, contrast and saturation
  • Mirror
  • Rotate
  • etc.

To open the Image Editor from code, use the PictureEdit.ShowImageEditorDialog method.

Handle the PictureEdit.ImageEditorDialogShowing/RepositoryItemPictureEdit.ImageEditorDialogShowing event to customize the Image Editor dialog.

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