Search menu items by typing in chars

[Jannik]

I have the following XAML-code:

<telerik:RadMenu Grid.Row="2"

                         Grid.Column="1"

                         Margin="-6,0,0,0"

                         VerticalAlignment="Center"

                         Background="Transparent"

                         ClickToOpen="True"

                         IconColumnWidth="0">

            <telerik:RadMenuItem x:Name="KontextRadMenuItem" StaysOpenOnClick="True">

                <telerik:RadMenuItem.Header>

                    <TextBlock Foreground="DarkBlue" Text="{Binding SelectedKontextText}" />

                </telerik:RadMenuItem.Header>

                <telerik:RadMenuGroupItem IsCheckable="True"

                                          ItemTemplate="{StaticResource MenuTemplate}"

                                          ItemsSource="{Binding KontextAuswahlList}"

                                          ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"

                                          MaxHeight="300"

                                          Padding="-5,-5,-5,-5"

                                          StaysOpenOnClick="True"

                                          cal:Message.Attach="[Event Checked] = [Action KontextHinzufuegen($source,$eventArgs)]; [Event Unchecked] = [Action KontextEntfernen($source,$eventArgs)];[Event KeyDown] = [Action KontextAuswahlKeyDown($source,$eventArgs)]" />

                

            </telerik:RadMenuItem>

        </telerik:RadMenu>


My menu has around 300 menu items. How do I let the user type some chars, e.g. just the letter P, to jump to the first occurance starting with a P? Is there SearchPath, which i can set to SelectedContextText? Or something similar?

[Kalin]

Hi Jannk,

I'm afraid that the control doesn't support the desired functionality. What you can try would be to use RadListBox in RadMenuGroupItem and use its TextSearchMode to navigate through the items. However this suggestion might not be suitable for every scenario (for example: if you have nested MenuItems inside of the GroupItem).

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Kalin
Telerik