TextBox.ContextMenuOpening Event

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls

Occurs when the system processes an interaction that displays a context menu.

public:
 virtual event ContextMenuOpeningEventHandler ^ ContextMenuOpening;

// Register
event_token ContextMenuOpening(ContextMenuOpeningEventHandler const& handler) const;

// Revoke with event_token
void ContextMenuOpening(event_token const* cookie) const;

// Revoke with event_revoker
TextBox::ContextMenuOpening_revoker ContextMenuOpening(auto_revoke_t, ContextMenuOpeningEventHandler const& handler) const;

public event ContextMenuOpeningEventHandler ContextMenuOpening;

function onContextMenuOpening(eventArgs) { /* Your code */ }
textBox.addEventListener("contextmenuopening", onContextMenuOpening);
textBox.removeEventListener("contextmenuopening", onContextMenuOpening);
- or -
textBox.oncontextmenuopening = onContextMenuOpening;

Public Custom Event ContextMenuOpening As ContextMenuOpeningEventHandler 

<TextBox ContextMenuOpening="eventhandler" />

Event Type

ContextMenuOpeningEventHandler

Examples

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Remarks

To override or add commands to the context menu, you can handle the ContextMenuOpening event and replace the default menu with a custom menu. For more info, see Guidelines for context menus.

See also

• ContextMenuOpeningEventHandler
• Guidelines for context menus
• ContextMenu sample