WPF DataGrid Context Menu

Introduction

This blog provides code examples of how to add the WPF context menu into WPF Datagrid using XAML code and at run time using C# code.

WPF DataGrid Context Menu using XAML

The following below XAML code adds the WPF context menu into WPF Datagrid. Which contains three menus (Add, Edit and Delete)

 <DataGrid Name="dgcontextmenu" AutoGenerateColumns="False">  
       <DataGrid.Columns>  
         <DataGridTextColumn Header="Employee ID" Binding="{Binding Path=ID}"/>  
         <DataGridTextColumn Header="Employee Name" Binding="{Binding Path=Name}"/>  
         <DataGridTextColumn Header="Employee Post" Binding="{Binding Path=Post}"/>  
       </DataGrid.Columns>  
       <DataGrid.ContextMenu>  
         <ContextMenu>  
           <MenuItem Header="_Add" />  
           <MenuItem Header="_Edit"/>  
           <MenuItem Header="_Delete"/>  
         </ContextMenu>  
       </DataGrid.ContextMenu>  
     </DataGrid>  

WPF DataGrid Context Menu

WPF DataGrid Context Menu using C#

The following below code adds the WPF context menu into WPF Datagrid using C#. you can use this code to add WPF context menu into WPF Datagrid at run time.

 this.dgcontextmenu.ItemsSource = emps;  
   
       ContextMenu contextMenu = new ContextMenu();  
   
       MenuItem menuItem_add = new MenuItem();  
       menuItem_add.Header = "_Add";  
       menuItem_add.Command = ApplicationCommands.New;  
   
       contextMenu.Items.Add(menuItem_add);  
   
       MenuItem menuItem_edit = new MenuItem();  
       menuItem_edit.Header = "_Edit";  
       menuItem_edit.Command = ApplicationCommands.Copy;  
   
       contextMenu.Items.Add(menuItem_edit);  
   
       MenuItem menuItem_delete = new MenuItem();  
       menuItem_delete.Header = "_Delete";  
       menuItem_delete.Command = ApplicationCommands.Delete;  
   
       contextMenu.Items.Add(menuItem_delete);  
   
       this.dgcontextmenu.ContextMenu = contextMenu;  

WPF DataGrid Context Menu

Summary

In the above code examples, we learn how to add WPF Context menu int WPF datagrid using XAML code and C# code. I hope you have enjoyed it a lot.

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