contextmenu names

[Andrea Della Santa]

Hi,

In GridView, contextmenu are generated on the fly.

In ContextMenuOpening , I can access the items with index.

e.ContextMenu.Items[3]

But how access it by name ? For example, what's the default name for items[0] please ?

[John]

Hi Andrea,
   Well, you will not be able to reference the menu item [0] at design time because it doesn't exist until runtime.  If you are trying to differentiate the menu items you can view the Text property of the item.  

if (string.Compare(e.ContextMenu.Items[0].Text, "Copy", true) == 0)
{
     //The copy menu
}

I hope this helps with your issue.

John

[Andrea Della Santa]

Thanks but my problem is I need to remove any of item in contextopening.
If I refer to index, it's ok until I change options for gridview (example, if I allow or not to delete row, the menu struture differ and my code isn't valid.

I can't refer to text because the texte items is localized. So the text isn't the same.

[Nick]

John's suggestion is very good. You can still use the localized strings to check the menu content items.

I could also think of other alternatives like using the e.ContextMenu.Items.Count property or some boolean flags keeping track of the changes of the menu items structure (e.g. Copy/Paste change).

private void radGridView1_ContextMenuOpening(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.ContextMenuOpeningEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.ContextMenu.Items.Count == SomeNumber) {

    }
}

Do not hesitate to write me back if you have further questions.

Kind regards,
Nick
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