PopupMenuShowingEventArgs.HitInfo Property

Gets an object that identifies a clicked element.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v17.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public GridHitInfo HitInfo { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property HitInfo As GridHitInfo

Property Value

Type	Description
GridHitInfo	A GridHitInfo object or its descendant that identifies a clicked element.

Remarks

The HitInfo property allows you to determine the Grid’s visual element for which a popup menu will be displayed.

For instance, to check the type of the clicked element, use the HitTest property provided by the HitInfo object.

See Hit Information Overview, for further information.

Related GitHub Examples

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

Note

The algorithm used to collect these code examples remains a work in progress. Accordingly, the links and snippets below may produce inaccurate results. If you encounter an issue with code examples below, please use the feedback form on this page to report the issue.

C#

how-to-enable-users-to-design-gridview-format-conditions-at-runtime-e3717/CS/GridViewFormatCondition/ViewFormatDesigner.cs#L61

{
    if (e.MenuType == GridMenuType.Column && e.HitInfo.Column != null)
    {

how-to-display-a-limited-number-of-child-rows-in-an-expanded-group-in-gridview-t495343/CS/DXApplication3/GroupHelper.cs#L46

{
    if (e.HitInfo.HitTest != GridHitTest.Row || !e.HitInfo.InGroupRow) return;
    var rowHandle = e.HitInfo.RowInfo.RowHandle;

how-to-add-a-custom-summary-item-to-the-grids-footer-menu-e496/CS/Form1.cs#L52

DevExpress.XtraGrid.Menu.GridViewFooterMenu footerMenu = e.Menu as DevExpress.XtraGrid.Menu.GridViewFooterMenu;
bool check = e.HitInfo.Column.SummaryItem.SummaryType == DevExpress.Data.SummaryItemType.Custom && Equals("Count", e.HitInfo.Column.SummaryItem.Tag);
DevExpress.Utils.Menu.DXMenuItem menuItem = new DevExpress.Utils.Menu.DXMenuCheckItem("Active Count", check, null, new EventHandler(MyMenuItem));

how-to-add-the-capability-to-insert-comments-to-xtragrid-cells-like-in-ms-excel-e2113/CS/WinFormsExample/Form1.cs#L39

private void gridView1_ShowGridMenu(object sender, DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridMenuEventArgs e) {
    if (!e.HitInfo.InRowCell) return;
    if (!ContainsComment(e.HitInfo.Column.Name, gridView1.GetDataSourceRowIndex(e.HitInfo.RowHandle))) {

how-to-show-a-context-menu-for-grid-rows-e712/CS/FormGridMenu.cs#L28

{
    if (e.HitInfo.InRow)
    {

VB.NET

how-to-enable-users-to-design-gridview-format-conditions-at-runtime-e3717/VB/GridViewFormatCondition/ViewFormatDesigner.vb#L51

Private Sub gridView_PopupMenuShowing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PopupMenuShowingEventArgs)
    If e.MenuType = GridMenuType.Column AndAlso e.HitInfo.Column IsNot Nothing Then
        e.Menu.Items.Add(CreateFilterMenuItem(CreateCaptionForCondition(e.HitInfo.Column, True), "Simple"))

how-to-display-a-limited-number-of-child-rows-in-an-expanded-group-in-gridview-t495343/VB/DXApplication3/GroupHelper.vb#L45

Private Sub View_PopupMenuShowing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PopupMenuShowingEventArgs)
    If e.HitInfo.HitTest <> GridHitTest.Row OrElse (Not e.HitInfo.InGroupRow) Then
        Return

how-to-add-a-custom-summary-item-to-the-grids-footer-menu-e496/VB/Form1.vb#L52

Dim footerMenu As DevExpress.XtraGrid.Menu.GridViewFooterMenu = TryCast(e.Menu, DevExpress.XtraGrid.Menu.GridViewFooterMenu)
Dim check As Boolean = e.HitInfo.Column.SummaryItem.SummaryType = DevExpress.Data.SummaryItemType.Custom AndAlso Equals("Count", e.HitInfo.Column.SummaryItem.Tag)
Dim menuItem As DevExpress.Utils.Menu.DXMenuItem = New DevExpress.Utils.Menu.DXMenuCheckItem("Active Count", check, Nothing, New EventHandler(AddressOf MyMenuItem))

how-to-add-the-capability-to-insert-comments-to-xtragrid-cells-like-in-ms-excel-e2113/VB/WinFormsExample/Form1.vb#L41

Private Sub gridView1_ShowGridMenu(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridMenuEventArgs) Handles gridView1.ShowGridMenu
    If Not e.HitInfo.InRowCell Then
        Return

how-to-show-a-context-menu-for-grid-rows-e712/VB/FormGridMenu.vb#L25

Private Sub gridView1_PopupMenuShowing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PopupMenuShowingEventArgs) Handles gridView1.PopupMenuShowing
    If e.HitInfo.InRow Then
        Dim view As GridView = TryCast(sender, GridView)