SpreadsheetControl.PopupMenuShowing Event

Occurs when a popup menu is about to be displayed for the SpreadsheetControl‘s visual elements.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public event PopupMenuShowingEventHandler PopupMenuShowing

VB.NET

Public Event PopupMenuShowing As PopupMenuShowingEventHandler

Event Data

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

Property	Description
Menu	Gets or sets the SpreadsheetControl’s popup menu for which the event was raised.
MenuType	Returns the type of the current SpreadsheetControl’s popup menu.

Example

This example demonstrates how to customize the SpreadsheetControl‘s context menu. In particular, this sample demonstrates how to remove or disable the existing items of the context menu and add new menu items.

Handle the SpreadsheetControl.PopupMenuShowing event to change specific items of the SpreadsheetControl’s popup menu every time it is invoked. The current menu can be accessed via the Menu property of the event parameter.

All context menu types are listed in the SpreadsheetMenuType enumeration. The following code modifies the SpreadsheetMenuType.Cell menu, which can be invoked by right-clicking any cell on a worksheet.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-customize-the-spreadsheet-context-menu-e4978

Form1.cs

using DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet;
using DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Commands;
using DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Services;
using DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Menu;
        private void spreadsheetControl1_PopupMenuShowing(object sender, PopupMenuShowingEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.MenuType == SpreadsheetMenuType.Cell)
            {
                // Remove the "Clear Contents" menu item.
                e.Menu.RemoveMenuItem(SpreadsheetCommandId.FormatClearContentsContextMenuItem);

                // Disable the "Hyperlink" menu item.
                e.Menu.DisableMenuItem(SpreadsheetCommandId.InsertHyperlinkContextMenuItem);

                // Create a menu item for the Spreadsheet command, which inserts a picture into a worksheet.
                ISpreadsheetCommandFactoryService service = (ISpreadsheetCommandFactoryService)spreadsheetControl1.GetService(typeof(ISpreadsheetCommandFactoryService));
                SpreadsheetCommand cmd = service.CreateCommand(SpreadsheetCommandId.InsertPicture);
                SpreadsheetMenuItemCommandWinAdapter menuItemCommandAdapter = new SpreadsheetMenuItemCommandWinAdapter(cmd);
                SpreadsheetMenuItem menuItem = (SpreadsheetMenuItem)menuItemCommandAdapter.CreateMenuItem(DevExpress.Utils.Menu.DXMenuItemPriority.Normal);
                menuItem.BeginGroup = true;
                e.Menu.Items.Add(menuItem);

                // Insert a new item into the Spreadsheet popup menu and handle its click event.
                SpreadsheetMenuItem myItem = new SpreadsheetMenuItem("My Menu Item", new EventHandler(MyClickHandler));
                e.Menu.Items.Add(myItem);
            }
        }

        public void MyClickHandler(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("My Menu Item Clicked!");
        }

Form1.vb

Imports DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet
Imports DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Commands
Imports DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Services
Imports DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.Menu
        Private Sub spreadsheetControl1_PopupMenuShowing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PopupMenuShowingEventArgs) Handles spreadsheetControl1.PopupMenuShowing
            If e.MenuType = SpreadsheetMenuType.Cell Then
                ' Remove the "Clear Contents" menu item.
                e.Menu.RemoveMenuItem(SpreadsheetCommandId.FormatClearContentsContextMenuItem)

                ' Disable the "Hyperlink" menu item.
                e.Menu.DisableMenuItem(SpreadsheetCommandId.InsertHyperlinkContextMenuItem)

                ' Create a menu item for the Spreadsheet command, which inserts a picture into a worksheet.
                Dim service As ISpreadsheetCommandFactoryService = CType(spreadsheetControl1.GetService(GetType(ISpreadsheetCommandFactoryService)), ISpreadsheetCommandFactoryService)
                Dim cmd As SpreadsheetCommand = service.CreateCommand(SpreadsheetCommandId.InsertPicture)
                Dim menuItemCommandAdapter As New SpreadsheetMenuItemCommandWinAdapter(cmd)
                Dim menuItem As SpreadsheetMenuItem = CType(menuItemCommandAdapter.CreateMenuItem(DevExpress.Utils.Menu.DXMenuItemPriority.High), SpreadsheetMenuItem)
                menuItem.BeginGroup = True
                e.Menu.Items.Add(menuItem)

                ' Insert a new item into the Spreadsheet popup menu and handle its click event.
                Dim myItem As New SpreadsheetMenuItem("My Menu Item", New EventHandler(AddressOf MyClickHandler))
                e.Menu.Items.Add(myItem)
            End If
        End Sub

        Public Sub MyClickHandler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            MessageBox.Show("My Menu Item Clicked!")
        End Sub