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GridView.ShowGridMenu Event

OBSOLETE

You should use the 'PopupMenuShowing' instead

Enables you to customize or prohibit grid context menus.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v24.2.dll

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

#Declaration

[Browsable(false)]
[DXCategory("Behavior")]
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
[Obsolete("You should use the 'PopupMenuShowing' instead", false)]
public event GridMenuEventHandler ShowGridMenu

#Event Data

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

Property Description
Allow Gets or sets whether to display the context menu. Inherited from BasePopupMenuShowingEventArgs.
HitInfo Gets an object that identifies a clicked element. Inherited from PopupMenuShowingEventArgs.
Menu Gets or sets the popup menu that is about to be displayed. Inherited from PopupMenuShowingEventArgs.
MenuType Gets the type of the Grid View’s menu to be invoked. Inherited from PopupMenuShowingEventArgs.
Point Gets or sets coordinates of the invoked context menu (top-left corner) relative to the parent control. Inherited from BasePopupMenuShowingEventArgs.
ScreenPoint Gets coordinates of the invoked context menu (top-left corner) relative to the screen. Inherited from BasePopupMenuShowingEventArgs.

The event data class exposes the following methods:

Method Description
ShowCustomMenu(IDXDropDownControlEx) Invokes a custom context menu instead of the control’s menu. Inherited from BasePopupMenuShowingEventArgs.
ShowCustomMenu(ContextMenuStrip) Invokes a custom context menu instead of the control’s menu. Inherited from BasePopupMenuShowingEventArgs.

#Remarks

The ShowGridMenu event is obsolete. Use the GridView.PopupMenuShowing event instead.

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