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Menu Customization

All menus displayed by this product can be customized or replaced entirely before they are shown to the end user.

The MenuOpening Event

The customization of menus is handled via the DockSite.MenuOpening event. This event is raised whenever a menu is displayed for a docking window, when an options button is pressed for a docking window, etc.

The event arguments that are passed are type DockingMenuEventArgs, which indicates the DockingWindow for which the event was fired. The DockingMenuEventArgs.Kind property supplies a DockingMenuKind value that can be used to determine the type of menu being constructed.

The event arguments passes a pre-configured ContextMenu in its Menu property.

Customizing Individual Menu Items

As mentioned above, the event argument's Menu property includes all the menu items, already initialized.

You can customize the items in that menu, and add or remove new ones as needed.

Using a Different Context Menu

To use a completely different menu, simply set the new menu to the event argument's Menu property. The alternate menu you specify will be displayed instead.

Context Menu Styles

You can apply a Style to the context menu if you have one that matches the rest of your application. Note that since our default context menus are plain WPF ContextMenu controls, they will automatically pick up any ContextMenu styles that you set for your application.