ExContextMenu Object (ExContextMenu)

ExContextMenu object

The eXContextMenu component displays and handles a context menu (also called contextual, shortcut, and popup or pop-up menu). A context menu is a menu in a graphical user interface (GUI) that appears upon user interaction, such as a right-click mouse operation. The eXContextMenu component is written from scratch, and does NOT use the system's popup menu. For instance, the /NET's System.Windows.Controls.ContextMenu does not support a modal form, so you have to assign a handler for each item, instead the eXContextMenu component waits for the user to make the selection, and returns the selected values. Also another major difference is that the System.Windows.Controls.ContextMenu is closed once any item is clicked, while in the eXContextMenu component, this is not required, so you can check multiple check boxes, and when you click outside, the Select method returns the selected values.

The eXContextMenu supports the following properties and methods:

		Name	Description
		AllowToggleRadio	Allows or prevents toggling the radio state.
		AllowToolTip	Allows or prevents showing the item's tooltip.
		Appearance	Retrieves or sets the control's appearance.
		AttachTemplate	Attaches a script to the current object, including the events, from a string, file, a safe array of bytes.
		BackColor	Specifies the control's background color.
		Background	Returns or sets a value that indicates the background color for parts in the control.
		CloseOnClick	Gets or sets a value that specifies whether the context menu is closing.
		Cursor	Gets or sets the cursor that is displayed when the mouse pointer hovers the control.
		Debug	Retrieves or sets a value that indicating whether the item's identifier is visible.
		EventParam	Retrieves or sets a value that indicates the current's event parameter.
		ExecuteTemplate	Executes a template and returns the result.
		FlatBackColor	Specifies the color to left part of the menu.
		FlatImageWidth	Specifies the width of the column to display the icons/images when the control's MenuAppearance is exMenuFlat.
		Font	Retrieves or sets the control's font.
		ForeColor	Specifies the control's foreground color.
		Get	Retrieves an array of Item objects that meet the criteria.
		GetChecked	Retrieves an array of Item objects, that displays a check box which is checked.
		GetRadio	Retrieves an array of Item objects of radio type in the same group, that are checked.
		GetUnchecked	Retrieves an array of Item objects, that displays a check box which is unchecked.
		HTMLPicture	Adds or replaces a picture in HTML captions.
		Images	Sets at runtime the control's image list. The Handle should be a handle to an Images List Control.
		ImageSize	Retrieves or sets the size of icons the control displays.
		IncrementalSearch	Specifies how the control searches for the objects while user types characters.
		item	Returns a specific Item object giving its identifier or caption.
		Items	Retrieves the control's Items collection.
		LocalAppearance	Retrieves or sets the local popup's appearance.
		MenuAppearance	Retrieves or sets a value that indicates the menu's appearance.
		Notifier	Retrieves or sets the handle of the window that receives notifications/WM_COMMAND messages.
		Picture	Retrieves or sets a graphic to be displayed in the control.
		PictureDisplay	Retrieves or sets a value that indicates the way how the graphic is displayed on the control's background
		Refresh	Refreses the control.
		ReplaceIcon	Adds a new icon, replaces an icon or clears the control's image list.
		SelBackColor	Retrieves or sets a value that indicates the selection background color.
		Select	Displays the shortcut menu at the specified location and tracks the selection of items on the menu.
		SelForeColor	Retrieves or sets a value that indicates the selection foreground color.
		ShowCheckedAsSelected	Specifies whether the checked items shows as selected.
		ShowCheckedAsSelectedTransparency	Specifies the transparency ( percent ) to show the checked items when selected.
		ShowPopupArrow	Indicates the type of the arrow to be shown when the item displays the sub-menu.
		ShowPopupEffect	Specifies the effect to show the popup menu when clicking an item, such as scrolling, lighting up, and so on.
		Template	Specifies the control's template.
		TemplateDef	Defines inside variables for the next Template/ExecuteTemplate call.
		TemplatePut	Defines inside variables for the next Template/ExecuteTemplate call.
		ToolTipDelay	Specifies the time in ms that passes before the ToolTip appears.
		ToolTipFont	Retrieves or sets the tooltip's font.
		ToolTipPopDelay	Specifies the period in ms of time the ToolTip remains visible if the mouse pointer is stationary within a control.
		ToolTipWidth	Specifies a value that indicates the width of the tooltip window, in pixels.
		ToString	Loads or saves the Items collection using string representation (shortcut of Items.ToString property).
		UseVisualTheme	Specifies whether the control uses the current visual theme to display certain UI parts.
		Version	Retrieves the control's version.
		Visibility	Specify the popup's visibility in percents: 90% is barely visible, and 10% is nearly opaque.
		VisualAppearance	Retrieves the control's appearance.