getting reference to context menu

[David Ocasio]

how can i get a reference to a context menu created in xaml for a gridview like so.

<RadGridView IsReadOnly="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False" x:Name="gridDispatch" >
    <telerik:RadContextMenu.ContextMenu >
        <telerik:RadContextMenu  x:Name="coco1"  >
            <telerik:RadContextMenu.Items>
                <telerik:RadMenuItem  Header="Copy"   >
                    <telerik:RadMenuItem.Icon>
                        <Image Source="/Images/copy.png"     />
                    </telerik:RadMenuItem.Icon>
                </telerik:RadMenuItem>
            </telerik:RadContextMenu.Items>
        </telerik:RadContextMenu>
    </telerik:RadContextMenu.ContextMenu>
    <telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
    </telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
</RadGridView>

i would like as the grid is created to add some default menu items but i need to get a reference to the xaml contentmenu to add the items.

thanks
dco

[Pavel Pavlov]

Hello David ,

Keeping references to visual elements in virtualized items control is dangerous. I would strongly recommend the following alternative :

Expose your items as a static resource. Then in the template for the context menu  bind the to these items , instead of setting them in code.

Let me know in case you need additional assistance on that.
Kind regards,
Pavel Pavlov
the Telerik team

[David Ocasio]

Pavel,

let me get more general about what i am trying to do.
maybe you can suggest a better way for what i am trying to do

i have inherited the radgridview and have added a default context menu that holds things like
"copy","export" , etc.

Now when i use that inherited radgridview i may want to add some more menu items specific to that implementation
like "delete this row","recalc something or other". typically i place these idems in xaml.

So now i need to merge the implementation specific menu with the default menu.

So i thought if i can get a reference to the implementation specific menu
i can add the default menu items.

any ideas would be appreciated

thanks
dco

[Pavel Pavlov]

Hi David ,

How about handling the loaded event of an element defined in the template of the context menu ?
Inside the event handler you can do your additional initialization  ? And of course there you can easily get a reference to the context menu.

Regards,
Pavel Pavlov
the Telerik team

[David Ocasio]

that would work

i was trying though to handle it from the inherited base grid definition/code side.
without wiring the "implementation specific" grid to an event

but what you are saying would work
i could add a default event that handles the load of the menu and merge it there. 

thanks pavel
dco