ActionControlsSiteController.CustomizeContainerActions Event

Occurs when Actions are added to the Action Containers according to the information specified in the ActionDesign | ActionToContainerMapping Application Model node.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.SystemModule

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Declaration

C#

public event EventHandler<CustomizeContainerActionsEventArgs> CustomizeContainerActions

VB.NET

Public Event CustomizeContainerActions As EventHandler(Of CustomizeContainerActionsEventArgs)

Event Data

The CustomizeContainerActions event's data class is DevExpress.ExpressApp.SystemModule.CustomizeContainerActionsEventArgs.

Remarks

Handle the CustomizeContainerActions event to customize the action-to-container mapping in code, without making changes in the Application Model. To do the same for Templates that does not support the IActionControlsSite interface, additionally handle the FillActionContainersController.CustomizeContainerActions event. The following code demonstrates how to remove the SaveAndNew Action from the Save container and add it to the Edit container:

C#

using DevExpress.ExpressApp;
using DevExpress.ExpressApp.Actions;
using DevExpress.ExpressApp.SystemModule;
using DevExpress.ExpressApp.Win.Templates.Bars.ActionControls;
// ...
public class CustomizeContainerActionsController : Controller {
    protected override void OnActivated() {
        base.OnActivated();
        Frame.GetController<ActionControlsSiteController>().CustomizeContainerActions += OnCustomizeContainerActions;
        Frame.GetController<FillActionContainersController>().CustomizeContainerActions += OnCustomizeContainerActions;
    }
    protected override void OnDeactivated() {
        Frame.GetController<ActionControlsSiteController>().CustomizeContainerActions -= OnCustomizeContainerActions;
        Frame.GetController<FillActionContainersController>().CustomizeContainerActions -= OnCustomizeContainerActions;
        base.OnDeactivated();
    }
    private void OnCustomizeContainerActions(object sender, CustomizeContainerActionsEventArgs e) {
        ActionBase actionToBeMoved = e.AllActions.Find("SaveAndNew");
        if ((actionToBeMoved != null) && (e.Category == "Save") && (e.Container is BarLinkActionControlContainer)) {
            e.ContainerActions.Remove(actionToBeMoved);
        }
        if ((actionToBeMoved != null) && (e.Category == "Edit")) {
            e.ContainerActions.Add(actionToBeMoved);
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.ExpressApp
Imports DevExpress.ExpressApp.Actions
Imports DevExpress.ExpressApp.SystemModule
Imports DevExpress.ExpressApp.Win.Templates.Bars.ActionControls
' ...
Public Class CustomizeContainerActionsController
    Inherits Controller
    Protected Overrides Sub OnActivated()
        MyBase.OnActivated()
        AddHandler Frame.GetController(Of ActionControlsSiteController)().CustomizeContainerActions, AddressOf OnCustomizeContainerActions
        AddHandler Frame.GetController(Of FillActionContainersController)().CustomizeContainerActions, AddressOf OnCustomizeContainerActions
    End Sub
    Protected Overrides Sub OnDeactivated()
        RemoveHandler Frame.GetController(Of ActionControlsSiteController)().CustomizeContainerActions, AddressOf OnCustomizeContainerActions
        RemoveHandler Frame.GetController(Of FillActionContainersController)().CustomizeContainerActions, AddressOf OnCustomizeContainerActions
        MyBase.OnDeactivated()
    End Sub
    Private Sub OnCustomizeContainerActions(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CustomizeContainerActionsEventArgs)
        Dim actionToBeMoved As ActionBase = e.AllActions.Find("SaveAndNew")
        If (actionToBeMoved IsNot Nothing) AndAlso (e.Category = "Save") AndAlso (TypeOf e.Container Is BarLinkActionControlContainer) Then
            e.ContainerActions.Remove(actionToBeMoved)
        End If
        If (actionToBeMoved IsNot Nothing) AndAlso (e.Category = "Edit") Then
            e.ContainerActions.Add(actionToBeMoved)
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

The result is demonstrated in the image below: