Column ContextMenu

[Ferruccio Barletta]

I need to have a context menu on a grid whereby I can determine which column the user right-clicked on. I create the columns dynamically with the following code:

        private void CreateNewColumn(FieldDescriptor fd, uint fieldno) {
            fieldGrid.Columns.Add(new GridViewDataColumn() {
                UniqueName = fd.fieldName,
                Header = fd.displayName,
                DataMemberBinding = new Binding("Fields[" + fieldno + "]"),
                ContextMenu = new ContextMenu() {
                    Items = {
                        new MenuItem() {
                            Header = "Field Properties",
                            Command = Commands.FieldProperties,
                            CommandBindings = { new CommandBinding(Commands.FieldProperties, FieldProperties_Execute) }
                        },
                        new MenuItem() {
                            Header = "Delete Field",
                            Command = Commands.DeleteField,
                            CommandBindings = { new CommandBinding(Commands.DeleteField, DeleteField_Execute) }
                        }
                    }
                }
            });
        }

Unfortunately the popup menu never appears when I right click anywhere on the grid. If I bind the context menu to the grid (i.e. fieldGrid.ContextMenu = new ContextMenu() {...) then the menu pops up, but I have no way to tell what column was clicked. Is there a way to make this work?

Thanks,
Ferruccio

[Vlad]

Hi Ferruccio,

You can use GetClickedElement<>() similar to this demo:
http://demos.telerik.com/wpf/?GridView/RowContextMenu

All the best,
Vlad
the Telerik team

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