TextBlock Selected Text With ContextMenu

[Lee]

Hi, I'm trying to implement Copy and Paste context menu on TextBlocks and I have a question.

When I select text in the TextBlock and right-click to bring up the context menu, the selected text is no longer visible.  Is there a way to have the selected text still show as selected when the context menu is displayed?

Thanks.

[Valeri Hristov]

Hello Lee,

I suppose that you are talking about TextBox controls, not TextBlock. The TextBox hides its selection when it has no focus. The menu items get the focus when they are displayed, hence the selection is not visible. Unfortunately you cannot change this behavior of the menu.

Kind regards,
Valeri Hristov
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[KodeKreachor]

Try something like the following. I have textboxes inside of a RadGridView but the principle stands:

 

public void RadContextMenu_Opened(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
   RadContextMenu menu = (RadContextMenu)sender; 
   GridViewCell cell = menu.GetClickedElement<GridViewCell>(); 
   if (cell.Content.GetType().Equals(typeof(TextBox))) {
      ((TextBox)cell.Content).LostFocus += new RoutedEventHandler(CellTextBox_LostFocus);
      ((TextBox)cell.Content).Focus();
   }

}

void CellTextBox_LostFocus(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
   ((TextBox)sender).LostFocus -= CellTextBox_LostFocus;
   ((TextBox)sender).Focus(); 
}

public void RadContextMenu_ItemClick(object sender, RadRoutedEventArgs e)
{
   RadContextMenu menu = (RadContextMenu)sender; 
   GridViewCell cell = menu.GetClickedElement<GridViewCell>(); 
   if (cell.Content.GetType().Equals(typeof(TextBox))) {
      ((TextBox)cell.Content).Focus(); 
   }
}

 

 

[Lee]

Thanks Eric, with a couple of modifications this was exactly what I was looking for.

[KodeKreachor]

My pleasure, happy to help