GridMenuItemClickEventArgs.DXMenuItem Property

Gets the clicked menu item.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v24.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.Grid, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public DXMenuItem DXMenuItem { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property DXMenuItem As DXMenuItem

Property Value

Type	Description
DXMenuItem	A DXMenuItem object representing the clicked menu item.

Remarks

The DXMenuItem property allows you to access the clicked menu item.

All menu items in Data Grid’s built-in menus allow you to identify them by reading their DXMenuItem.Tag properties, which contain menu item identifiers.

Menu Item Identifiers

The four tables below show the menu item identifiers (contents of the DXMenuItem.Tag properties) in Data Grid’s built-in menus.

Column Header Menu (DevExpress.XtraGrid.Menu.GridViewColumnMenu)

When handling the PopupMenuShowing and GridMenuItemClick events, you can identify this menu type using the e.MenuType event parameter, which is set to GridMenuType.Column

The Tag properties of the items in this menu can be the following objects:

• DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId

• DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId

• GridGroupSummaryItem

• DevExpress.XtraGrid.ColumnGroupInterval

Menu Item	Tag
Full Expand	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuGroupPanelFullExpand
Full Collapse	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuGroupPanelFullCollapse
Sort Ascending	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnSortAscending
Sort Descending	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnSortDescending
Sort by Summary (sub-menu)	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnSortGroupBySummaryMenu The Tag properties of this submenu’s items contain GridGroupSummaryItem objects, which identify corresponding summary functions.
Group By This Column	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnGroup
UnGroup	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnUnGroup
Hide Group By Box	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnGroupBox
Show Group By Box	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnGroupBox
Split	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuShowSplitItem
Remove Split	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuHideSplitItem
Group Interval (sub-menu)	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnGroupIntervalMenu
Day	DevExpress.XtraGrid.ColumnGroupInterval.Default
Month	DevExpress.XtraGrid.ColumnGroupInterval.DateMonth
Year	DevExpress.XtraGrid.ColumnGroupInterval.DateYear
Smart	DevExpress.XtraGrid.ColumnGroupInterval.DateRange
Group Summary Editor…	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnGroupSummaryEditor
Hide This Column	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnRemoveColumn
Column Chooser	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnColumnCustomization
Best Fit	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnBestFit
Best Fit (all columns)	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnBestFitAllColumns
Filter Editor…	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnFilterEditor
Show Find Panel	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnFindFilterShow
Hide Find Panel	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnFindFilterHide
Show Auto Filter Row	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnAutoFilterRowShow
Hide Auto Filter Row	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnAutoFilterRowHide
Conditional Formatting (sub-menu)	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnConditionalFormatting
Highlight Cell Rules (sub-menu)	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemHighlightCellRules
Greater Than…	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemGreaterThan
Less Than…	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemLessThan
Between…	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemBetween
Equal To…	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemEqualTo
Text that Contains…	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemTextThatContains
A Date Occurring…	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemDateOccurring
Custom Condition…	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemCustomCondition
Top/Bottom Rules (sub-menu)	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemTopBottomRules
Top 10 Items…	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemTop10Items
Bottom 10 Items…	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemBottom10Items
Unique/Duplicate Rules (sub-menu)	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemUniqueDuplicateRules
Unique Values…	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemUnique
Duplicate Values…	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemDuplicate
Manage Rules…	DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.StringId.FormatRuleMenuItemManageRules
Show Footer	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuFooterShow
Hide Footer	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuFooterHide

Group Panel Menu (DevExpress.XtraGrid.Menu.GridViewGroupPanelMenu)

When handling the PopupMenuShowing and GridMenuItemClick events, you can identify this menu type using the e.MenuType event parameter, which is set to GridMenuType.Group

The Tag properties of the items in this menu contain DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId enumeration values.

Menu Item	Tag
Full Expand	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuGroupPanelFullExpand
Full Collapse	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuGroupPanelFullCollapse
Clear Grouping	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuGroupPanelClearGrouping
Hide Group By Box	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuColumnGroupBox
Split	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuShowSplitItem
Remove Split	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuHideSplitItem

Summary Menu (DevExpress.XtraGrid.Menu.GridViewFooterMenu)

When handling the PopupMenuShowing and GridMenuItemClick events, you can identify this menu type using the e.MenuType event parameter, which is set to GridMenuType.Summary

The Tag properties of the items in this menu contain DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId enumeration values.

Menu Item	Tag
Add New Summary (sub-menu)	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuFooterAddSummaryItem
Sum	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuFooterSum
Min	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuFooterMin
Max	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuFooterMax
Count	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuFooterCount
Average	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuFooterAverage
None	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuFooterNone
Clear Summary Items	DevExpress.XtraGrid.Localization.GridStringId.MenuFooterClearSummaryItems

Auto Filter Row Menu

When handling the PopupMenuShowing and GridMenuItemClick events, you can identify this menu type using the e.MenuType event parameter, which is set to GridMenuType.AutoFilter.

The Tag properties of the items in this menu contain DevExpress.XtraEditors.ColumnAutoFilterCondition enumeration values.

Menu Item	Tag
Clear Filter	null
Equals	DevExpress.XtraEditors.ColumnAutoFilterCondition.Equals
Does not equal	DevExpress.XtraEditors.ColumnAutoFilterCondition.DoesNotEqual
Contains	DevExpress.XtraEditors.ColumnAutoFilterCondition.Contains
Does not contain	DevExpress.XtraEditors.ColumnAutoFilterCondition.DoesNotContain
Is like	DevExpress.XtraEditors.ColumnAutoFilterCondition.Like
Is not like	DevExpress.XtraEditors.ColumnAutoFilterCondition.NotLike
Begins with	DevExpress.XtraEditors.ColumnAutoFilterCondition.BeginsWith
Ends with	DevExpress.XtraEditors.ColumnAutoFilterCondition.EndsWith
Is greater than	DevExpress.XtraEditors.ColumnAutoFilterCondition.Greater
Is greater than or equal to	DevExpress.XtraEditors.ColumnAutoFilterCondition.GreaterOrEqual
Is less than	DevExpress.XtraEditors.ColumnAutoFilterCondition.Less
Is less than or equal to	DevExpress.XtraEditors.ColumnAutoFilterCondition.LessOrEqual