Nesting RadElements in Menu Items

[Mike]

Hello Telerik,

  I would like to implement a menu item as shown in your sample here -> (https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/menus/menu/working-with-radmenu-items/nesting-controls-in-menu-items#nesting-radelements-in-menu-items) Where there is an input box and OK button.  However, I am not to get the same effect as shown in the sample.  I'm actually not sure what the "radmenu1" item is in the sample

Desired result:

Option1

-----------

Option 2

Option 3

Option n....

----------- <- Line separator

[Enter New Option Name Here] OK

 

My sample tests shows the following;

Option1
-----------
Option 2
Option 3
Option n....
----------- <- Line separator
[Enter New Option Name Here]

OK

Also, is there a concept of a "placeholder" for the [Enter New Option Name Here] text so that it goes away when you start typing?

Thanks

[Mike]

I need to clarify this more.

I would like to create this type of menu in CommandBarDropDownButton.

I the image, I want to replace the /NEW FOLDER RadMenuItem with the combination Text Box and OK button.

[Mike]

For our particular use case, we will be implementing a dialog box to enter a new folder name so that we can validate the entry before continuing.  This validation and feedback to the user may be too much to implement as a menu item.

Thanks.

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello, Mike,

Thank you for writing.  

Here is a sample code snippet demonstrating how to add a horizontal alignment of the textbox and the button:

RadMenuItem mainItem = new RadMenuItem();
 mainItem.Text = "Here is my item";

 StackLayoutElement stack = new StackLayoutElement();
 stack.StretchHorizontally = true;

 RadTextBoxElement textBox = new RadTextBoxElement();
 textBox.Text = "Enter text here";
 textBox.MinSize = new Size(70, 0);
 stack.Children.Add(textBox);

 RadButtonElement button = new RadButtonElement();
 button.Text = "OK";
 button.StretchHorizontally = false;
 button.Click += new EventHandler(button_Click);
 stack.Children.Add(button);

 RadMenuItem item = new RadMenuItem();
 item.Children.Add(stack);
 mainItem.Items.Add(item);
 radMenu1.Items.Add(mainItem);

I hope this information helps. Should you have further questions I would be glad to help.
 

Regards,
Dess
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