Merging context menu for radGrdidView with RadContextMenu

[Czeshirecat]

Hi.

RadGridView has it's own context menu that displays when right clicking the various sections of the control.

I want to merge my own context menu with it but I can't see how to do this. If I set the context menu with the context menu manager i get 2 overlapping context menus when I right click.

(radcontextmenu has no allowmerge property)

thanks.

[Dimitar]

Hi Claire,

You need to add your items to the default context menu. This can be done by using the ContextMenuOpening event. An example is available here: Modifying the Default Context Menu.

Should you have any other questions do not hesitate to ask.

Regards,
Dimitar
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[Czeshirecat]

thanks for this.

I guessed how to do it before your reply and I originally used the following code to copy the items in my design time context menu across to the default.

It worked fine when I right clicked the main area of the data grid, but if I right clicked the navigation bar, then right clicked the data grid I received an exception "Cannot remove the specified item because it was not found in the specified Collection.".

There's no error if I create the menu items every time so I believe they are disposed of behind the scenes.

private void dataGrid_ContextMenuOpening(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.ContextMenuOpeningEventArgs e)
{
  for (var idx = 0; idx < radContextMenu1.Items.Count; idx++)
    e.ContextMenu.Items.Add(radContextMenu1.Items[idx]);
}// function

[Dimitar]

Hello Claire,

Which part you of the grid you are considering to be "navigation bar"? I have tested this with a regular grid and it works fine on my side. Are you using the context menu for other control?

I am looking forward to your reply.

Regards,
Dimitar
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