how to get a reference to the calling control in ContextMenuOpening event

[Andrea]

Hi, this should be an easy one, how can I fix that?

 

private void ContextMenuOpening(object sender, TreeBoxContextMenuOpeningEventArgs e)
        {
            //The below line doesn't work:
            //I need to reach the control to provide the contextmenu some "context"
            string myContext = (sender as Control).Name;

            cmMarkNullMenuItem.Tag = cmResetMenuItem.Tag = myContext;
            cmResetMenuItem.Enabled = EditorModel.PropertiesByName[myContext].IsChanged;
        }

 

 

 

[Dimitar]

Hi Andrea,

You can check the sender by putting a breakpoint in Visual Studio. The attached image shows the code for getting the control name as well.

Should you have any other questions do not hesitate to ask.

Regards,
Dimitar
Progress Telerik

[Andrea]

Hi Dimitar, thank you for replying.

Yes I know which is the sender, the sender is of type RadTextBoxControlElement, my problem is how can I find its control, whose name interests me because it is the key of an autogenerated dynamic property (the radtextboxes too are dynamically generated).

I tried some options using intellisense but did not find anything good.

At the moment i'm quite happy with the form's ActiveControl property but maybe it is possible to extract the control from the RadTextBoxElement.

 

Best

Andrea

 

[Dimitar]

Hello Andrea,

Yes, there is a way to get the control and its name. The following can be used for any Telerik WinForms control:

private void RadTextBoxControl1_ContextMenuOpening(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.TreeBoxContextMenuOpeningEventArgs e)
{
    var element = sender as RadTextBoxControlElement;
    var controlName = element.ElementTree.Control.Name;
}

Your solution to use the active control is good as well.

Let me know if you have additional questions.

Regards,
Dimitar
Progress Telerik

[Andrea]

Hi Dimitar, thank you, that works fine.

Andrea