Context menu the easy way

[JDT]

I think telerik documentation tends to over complicate things. For example the help section for adding context menu to a radtreeview is insane. Binding this, binding that...really confused me. Luckily the demo code shows us an easy way. Don't forget to add the below attribute if you are using the <object> tag on your website, where the silverlight control is referenced.

<param name="windowless" value="true" />

<telerikNavigation:RadTreeView x:Name="RadTreeView1" Margin="10">
            <telerikNavigation:RadContextMenu.ContextMenu>
                <telerikNavigation:RadContextMenu x:Name="contextMenu">
                    <telerikNavigation:RadMenuItem Header="Add New Item" />
                    <telerikNavigation:RadMenuItem Header="Remove Item" />
                    <telerikNavigation:RadMenuItem Header="Disable" />
                    <telerikNavigation:RadMenuItem Header="Enable" />
                </telerikNavigation:RadContextMenu>
            </telerikNavigation:RadContextMenu.ContextMenu>
            <telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem Header="Personal Folders"
                    DefaultImageSrc="/TreeView/Images/Outlook/1PersonalFolders.png"
                    IsExpanded="True">
                <telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem Header="Deleted Items(6)"
                        DefaultImageSrc="/TreeView/Images/Outlook/2DeletedItems.png" />
                <telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem Header="Drafts"
                        DefaultImageSrc="/TreeView/Images/Outlook/3Drafts.png" />
                <telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem Header="Inbox(14)"
                        DefaultImageSrc="/TreeView/Images/Outlook/4Inbox.png" IsExpanded="True">
                    <telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem Header="Folders"
                            DefaultImageSrc="/TreeView/Images/Outlook/folder.png" />
                </telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem>
                <telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem Header="Junk E-mails"
                        DefaultImageSrc="/TreeView/Images/Outlook/junk.png" />
                <telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem Header="Outbox"
                        DefaultImageSrc="/TreeView/Images/Outlook/outbox.png" />
                <telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem Header="Sent Items"
                        DefaultImageSrc="/TreeView/Images/Outlook/sent.png" />
                <telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem Header="Search Folder"
                        DefaultImageSrc="/TreeView/Images/Outlook/searchFolder.png"
                        IsExpanded="True">
                    <telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem Header="From Follow up"
                            DefaultImageSrc="/TreeView/Images/Outlook/search.png" />
                    <telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem Header="Large Mail"
                            DefaultImageSrc="/TreeView/Images/Outlook/search.png" />
                    <telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem Header="Unread Mail"
                            DefaultImageSrc="/TreeView/Images/Outlook/search.png" />
                </telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem>
            </telerikNavigation:RadTreeViewItem>
        </telerikNavigation:RadTreeView>

This works great for me. I don't see why a <user.resources> section is used in the documentation. Adds more complexity. You can easily create event handlers like this.

contextMenuItem.Click += new Telerik.Windows.RadRoutedEventHandler(contextMenuItem_Click);

where your radtreeviewitem has an x:name="contextMenuItem"

Hope this helps people who are banging their heads with this one.

[Kiril Stanoev]

Hi Jerry,

Thank you for your valuable feedback. We are constantly trying to improve our controls and the accompanying documentation therefore your feedback is more than welcome. I've logged your request in our PITS under the name "TreeView: Simplify ContextMenu article in Documentation" and it will be available for tracking tomorrow the latest. Let me know if you have additional questions or comments on the topic. I'd be glad to further assist you.

Kind regards,
Kiril Stanoev
the Telerik team

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