Question

How do I copy a MenuItem I created in one ContextMenu and copy it so that I can use it in a second ContextMenu?

I tried to copy it directly and removing it, but I get Element already has a logical parent. It must be detached from the old parent before it is attached to a new one.

foreach(MenuItem mi in menuOptions.Items) { 
    entityRightClick.Items.Add(mi);
    menuOptions.Items.Remove(mi);
}

I tried grabbing the MenuItem using the ItemContainerGenerator, it gave me a blank MenuItem (Debugger says that it is null)

for(int i = 0; i < menuOptions.Items.Count; i++) {
    MenuItem temp = new MenuItem();
    temp = menuOptions.ItemContainerGenerator.ContainerFromIndex(i) as MenuItem;
    entityRightClick.Items.Add(temp);
}

Answer 1

Based on your error message, I’d expect this to work (though I haven’t tested it):

foreach(MenuItem mi in menuOptions.Items) 
{      
     menuOptions.Items.Remove(mi);
     entityRightClick.Items.Add(mi);
 }