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ContextMenusEnabled Function

Enables report-specific context menus.

#Declaration

TypeScript
export const ContextMenusEnabled: DevExpress.Analytics.Internal.IGlobalSubscribableValue<boolean>

#Parameters

Name Type Description
newVal boolean

true to enable report-specific context menus; otherwise, false.

#Returns

Type
boolean

#Remarks

The property’s default value is true. Right-click a report element on the Design Surface, Report Explorer, or Field List to open the context menu:

Web Report Designer - Field List with Context Menu

Set the property to false to use a browser context menu on a right-click:

cshtml
<script>
    function onBeforeRender(s, e) {
        DevExpress.Reporting.Designer.Settings.ContextMenusEnabled(false);
    }
</script>

@{
    var designerRender = Html.DevExpress().ReportDesigner("reportDesigner")
        .Height("100%")
        .ClientSideEvents(configure => configure.BeforeRender("onBeforeRender"))
        .Bind(Model);
    @designerRender.RenderHtml()
}