Open + Highlight Context Menu Item

[Cameron Hart]

Hey guys,

I'm trying to polish up the keystroke count in an application. I have a gridview. If the gridview is in focus and the enter key is pressed, I want the row context menu to be opened and the first item in that menu to be highlighted.

Here's my code:

        private void gvwManifestLines_PreviewKeyDown(object sender, PreviewKeyDownEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Return)
            {
                this.rowContextMenu.Show(this.gvwManifestLines, 15, 15);
                this.rowContextMenu.Items[0].CanFocus = true;
                this.rowContextMenu.Items[0].Focus();
            }
            // remaining code omitted for brevity.

Interestingly, if I just hit enter twice I am actually activating the menu item in question, so my Keystroke count has gone down by one (it cuts out a 'down' Keystroke). However, the item is not being highlighted when it is granted focus, and this is going to confuse my users.

Is there a way of getting the context menu to highlight the item?

[Jack]

Hello Cameron Hart,

You should call SelectItem method of the DropDown. Please consider the code snippet below:

private void gvwManifestLines_PreviewKeyDown(object sender, PreviewKeyDownEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Return)
    {
        this.rowContextMenu.Show(this.gvwManifestLines, 15, 15);
        this.rowContextMenu.DropDown.SelectItem(this.rowContextMenu.Items[0]);
    }
}

I hope this helps. Should you have further questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Greetings,
Jack
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[Cameron Hart]

Spot on.

Thanks for that. I've been using these controls for a while now - either I've gotten a lot better with them, or the controls have gotten a much more robust the last few updates. I'm impressed.

[Jack]

Hi Cameron Hart,

Thank you for the positive feedback.

Yes, we constantly work to improve our controls and we hope that they will become even more robust when we release our next version - Q2 2009. Stay tuned.

If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to write us.

Kind regards,
Jack
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