Context menu behind the code

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Hello
following is My xaml code

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<ContextMenu x:Key="CMenu"  Visibility="Hidden">

<MenuItem Header="Select All" Command="{x:Static s:vas.SelectAll}"/>

 </ContextMenu>

After a btn1 is clicked I want the context menu to be visible
I have already written the event for button click(its does other stuffs)but not sure how to change the property of the context menu behind the code

Hope I am clear
Thanks in advance

Posted 5-Jan-12 21:37pm

AmrutaAsbe

Updated 5-Jan-12 23:36pm

_Tushar Patil

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Wayne Gaylard · Answer 1 · 2012-01-05T22:13:00

Solution 1

You can use the IsOpen property of the contextmenu to open and close the menu in the code behind.

C#

CMenu.IsOpen=true;

Hope this helps

Posted 5-Jan-12 22:13pm

Wayne Gaylard

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AmrutaAsbe 6-Jan-12 4:21am

I already did that...it says cMenu doesnt exist in current text.. that's what confuses me the most couldn't even see in the intellisense..same file just its behind the code

Wayne Gaylard 6-Jan-12 4:27am

Is it not just a type - you have name the menu CMenu but are trying to access it using cMenu (with small c)

AmrutaAsbe 6-Jan-12 4:32am

sorry typo in the message..the error is "CMenu doesnt exist in current text"

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Jan-12 5:10am

No, no! CMenu is the key, but a variable is generated when there is Name defined in XAML.
--SA

AmrutaAsbe 6-Jan-12 5:31am

I have already tried with x:Name="Menu1"
in cs file I still get error "Menu1 doesnt exist in current context "when I say
Menu1.IsOpen=true;
Menu1.Visibility = Visibility.visible;

I can access the button and ribbon control that I have defined in xaml file but not context menu.
btw I have defined context menu in usercontrol.resources does that make a difference

AmrutaAsbe · Answer 2 · 2012-01-10T19:58:00

I guess missing out the detail that it was in usercontrol.resource is the main reason why I cannot see it in intellisense (Still new so though might not affect much :P)
To retrieve a resource in code is a a little bit different

I have done something like this and works for me now

C#

object MyMenu =  this.FindResource("CMenu");
((System.Windows.Controls.ContextMenu)(MyMenu)).Visibility = Visibility.Visible;

Thanks guys for ur time