Shortcut in inactive window

[Ole]

When we assign shortcuts to a RadMenuItem in a context menu on a form, the shortcut is also triggered when the form is not active.

The shortcut is working properly when the form is active, but when the form shows a modal dialog on top, the shortcut from the underlaying window is still active and can be triggered.

How can we change this behaviour?

[Peter]

Hello Ole,

Thank you for contacting Telerik support.

This is the default behavior of our context menus and it cannot be modified. You can avoid this with explicit check if the form is active in the item click event, for example:

void radMenuItem1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
            if (!this.Focused)
            {
                return;
            }

            MessageBox.Show("Click");
}

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have other questions.

Greetings,

Peter
the Telerik team

[Ole]

Thank you for the answer, the solution will fix the problem. But it is slightly confusing, as the following link to the dokumentation states that RadItem shortcuts only are executed when the for is active. Maybe the documentation needs to be fixed. http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/shortcuts-assigning-global-radshortcuts.html

[Peter]

Hi Ole,

Yes, you are correct - this is not valid for RadMenuItems placed in the RadContextMenu. ContextMenus behave differently, because they are components and actually are not members of the form Controls collection.

We will consider updating our documentation. Thank you for the cooperation.

All the best,
Peter
the Telerik team