DataGridViewColumn.ContextMenuStrip Property

Definition

Gets or sets the shortcut menu for the column.

C#
public override System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenuStrip ContextMenuStrip { get; set; }
C#
public override System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenuStrip? ContextMenuStrip { get; set; }

Property Value

The ContextMenuStrip associated with the current DataGridViewColumn. The default is null.

Examples

The following code example uses the ContextMenuStrip property to add functionality for changing a cell's background color.

C#
ToolStripMenuItem toolStripItem1 = new ToolStripMenuItem();

private void AddContextMenu()
{
    toolStripItem1.Text = "Redden";
    toolStripItem1.Click += new EventHandler(toolStripItem1_Click);
    ContextMenuStrip strip = new ContextMenuStrip();
    foreach (DataGridViewColumn column in dataGridView.Columns)
    {

        column.ContextMenuStrip = strip;
        column.ContextMenuStrip.Items.Add(toolStripItem1);
    }
}

private DataGridViewCellEventArgs mouseLocation;

// Change the cell's color.
private void toolStripItem1_Click(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
    dataGridView.Rows[mouseLocation.RowIndex]
        .Cells[mouseLocation.ColumnIndex].Style.BackColor
        = Color.Red;
}

// Deal with hovering over a cell.
private void dataGridView_CellMouseEnter(object sender,
    DataGridViewCellEventArgs location)
{
    mouseLocation = location;
}

Remarks

The shortcut menu appears when a user clicks the right mouse button in the column's display area.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 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, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

See also