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Control.ContextMenu Property

Definition

Gets or sets the shortcut menu associated with the control.

public virtual System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu ContextMenu { get; set; }
[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public virtual System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu ContextMenu { get; set; }

Property Value

A ContextMenu that represents the shortcut menu associated with the control.

Attributes

Examples

The following code example displays the ContextMenu assigned to a TreeView when the right mouse button is clicked and released. This code requires that you have a Form with a TreeView on it. It is also required that the TreeView has a ContextMenu assigned to its ContextMenu property.

private void treeView1_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
   // If the right mouse button was clicked and released,
   // display the shortcut menu assigned to the TreeView. 
   if(e.Button == MouseButtons.Right)
   {
      treeView1.ContextMenu.Show(treeView1, new Point(e.X, e.Y) );      
   }
}

Remarks

Use a shortcut menus to give context-specific menu options to users when they right-click on the control.

Notes to Inheritors

When overriding the ContextMenu property in a derived class, use the base class's ContextMenu property to extend the base implementation. Otherwise, you must provide all the implementation. You are not required to override both the get and set accessors of the ContextMenu property; you can override only one if needed.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0

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