ContextMenu.HorizontalOffset Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Controls

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Get or sets the horizontal distance between the target origin and the popup alignment point.

C#

[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Windows.LengthConverter))]
public double HorizontalOffset { get; set; }

Property Value

Double

The horizontal distance between the target origin and the popup alignment point. For information about the target origin and popup alignment point, see Popup Placement Behavior. The default is 0.

Attributes

BindableAttribute TypeConverterAttribute

Examples

The following example shows how to use the HorizontalOffset property to cause a ContextMenu to open at a specified location in relation to its button parent.

XAML

<ContextMenu HorizontalOffset="50" VerticalOffset="50" HasDropShadow="false">

Remarks

You can position a ContextMenu by setting the PlacementTarget, PlacementRectangle, Placement, HorizontalOffset, and VerticalOffsetProperty properties. These properties behave the same as they do for a Popup. For more information, see Popup Placement Behavior.

Dependency Property Information

Item	Value
Identifier field	HorizontalOffsetProperty
Metadata properties set to true	None

XAML Attribute Usage

<object HorizontalOffset="double"/>
- or -
<object HorizontalOffset ="qualifiedDouble"/>

XAML Values

double Double

String representation of a Double value. This is interpreted as a device-independent unit (1/96th inch) measurement. Strings need not explicitly include decimal points. For instance a value of 1 is acceptable.

The same Double range restrictions as mentioned in the Property Value section apply.

qualifiedDouble A double value as described above, followed by one of the following unit declaration strings: px, in, cm, pt.

px (default) is device-independent units (1/96th inch per unit)

in is inches; 1in==96px

cm is centimeters; 1cm==(96/2.54) px

pt is points; 1pt==(96/72) px

Note In many cases a double may be set to Auto but a ContextMenu will not appear if the offsets are set to Auto.

Applies to

See also

• ContextMenuService