Controlling ContextMenu a bit better.

[Frank Rizzo]

Hello,

I have a listview control with bunch of entries. When the user
right-clicks on the item, I want a context menu to come up. So I
created a ContextMenu instance and assigned it to ListView.ContextMenu
property.

The problem is that the context menu comes up regardless of whether I
right-click on the item or the empty space or the column header. I want
it only to come up when the user right-clicks on an item. How can I
control the ContextMenu better?

[Simon Mayr]

Frank Rizzo wrote:

Hello,

I have a listview control with bunch of entries. When the user
right-clicks on the item, I want a context menu to come up. So I
created a ContextMenu instance and assigned it to
ListView.ContextMenu property.

The problem is that the context menu comes up regardless of whether I
right-click on the item or the empty space or the column header. I
want it only to come up when the user right-clicks on an item. How
can I control the ContextMenu better?

Hello Frank:

I think this might work for you:

'************************************************* *******************
Private Sub SelectItem(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) _
Handles YourListViewName.MouseDown

Dim lvItem As ListViewItem

lvItem = Me.YourListViewName.GetItemAt(e.X, e.Y)
If e.Button = MouseButtons.Right _
AndAlso Not IsNothing(lvItem) Then

Me.YourContextMenu.Show(CType(sender, ListView), _
New Point(e.X, e.Y))

End If

End Sub
'************************************************* ********************

Simon

[Simon Jefferies]

Hello,

The way I do it is to handle the AfterSelect() event of the listview item
and then determine what has been selected.

If a valid item was selected, then set the ContextMenu property to your
context menu otherwise you can set it to Nothing.

HTH

Regards
Simon Jefferies
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Hello,

I have a listview control with bunch of entries. When the user
right-clicks on the item, I want a context menu to come up. So I created
a ContextMenu instance and assigned it to ListView.ContextMenu property.

The problem is that the context menu comes up regardless of whether I
right-click on the item or the empty space or the column header. I want
it only to come up when the user right-clicks on an item. How can I
control the ContextMenu better?

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The problem is that the context menu comes up regardless of whether I
right-click on the item or the empty space or the column header. I
want it only to come up when the user right-clicks on an item. How
can I control the ContextMenu better?

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[Frank Rizzo]

You, my friend, are the man!

Simon Mayr wrote:

Frank Rizzo wrote:

Hello,

I have a listview control with bunch of entries. When the user
right-clicks on the item, I want a context menu to come up. So I
created a ContextMenu instance and assigned it to ListView.ContextMenu
property.

The problem is that the context menu comes up regardless of whether I
right-click on the item or the empty space or the column header. I
want it only to come up when the user right-clicks on an item. How
can I control the ContextMenu better?

Hello Frank:

I think this might work for you:

'************************************************* *******************
Private Sub SelectItem(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) _
Handles YourListViewName.MouseDown

Dim lvItem As ListViewItem

lvItem = Me.YourListViewName.GetItemAt(e.X, e.Y)
If e.Button = MouseButtons.Right _
AndAlso Not IsNothing(lvItem) Then

Me.YourContextMenu.Show(CType(sender, ListView), _
New Point(e.X, e.Y))

End If

End Sub
'************************************************* ********************

Simon