Pane's Menu

Each RadPane has a menu, which allow you to perform certain actions against the RadPane. By default the RadMenu has the following items:

• Floating - makes the RadPane floating.

• Dockable - docks the RadPane.

• Tabbed Document- places the RadPane in the DocumentHost.

• Auto Hide- pins/unpins the RadPane, when it is docked.

• Hide - hides the RadPane.

  

You can modify the menu by using the ContextMenuTemplate property of the RadPane. It is of type DataTemplate and is expected to contain a RadContextMenu. Here is an example:

XAML

	<telerik:RadPane x:Name="radPane"
	             Header="Pane 1">
	    <telerik:RadPane.ContextMenuTemplate>
	        <DataTemplate>
	            <telerik:RadContextMenu>
	                <telerik:RadMenuItem Header="Floating" />
	                <telerik:RadMenuItem Header="Dockable" />
	            </telerik:RadContextMenu>
	        </DataTemplate>
	    </telerik:RadPane.ContextMenuTemplate>
	</telerik:RadPane>

To make the menu items functional you can use the predefined RadDocking commands, which are located in the RadDockingCommands class:

• Close

• ContextMenuOpen

• Dockable

• Floating

• PaneHeaderMenuOpen

• Pin

• TabbedDocument

ou can also create your own custom commands and use them with the RadPane's menu. To learn how read this topic.

Here is the final code:

The RadDockingCommands class is located in the Telerik.Windows.Controls namespace of the Telerik.Windows.Controls assembly. To use it in XAML you have to declare the following namespace:

XAML

	xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation"

XAML

	<telerik:RadPane x:Name="radPane1"
	             Header="Pane 1">
	    <telerik:RadPane.ContextMenuTemplate>
	        <DataTemplate>
	            <telerik:RadContextMenu>
	                <telerik:RadMenuItem Header="Floating"
	                                       Command="telerik:RadDockingCommands.Floating" />
	                <telerik:RadMenuItem Header="Dockable"
	                                       Command="telerik:RadDockingCommands.Dockable" />
	            </telerik:RadContextMenu>
	        </DataTemplate>
	    </telerik:RadPane.ContextMenuTemplate>
	    <TextBlock Text="Some simple text here" />
	</telerik:RadPane>