Question

I have a GridView with multiple columns. I would like to display a ContextMenu only when an item in a specific menu is right-clicked on. Here’s what I have so far:

<GridView>
    <GridViewColumn>
        <!-- Show context menu for this column --> 
        <GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                ...
            </DataTemplate>
        </GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
    </GridViewColumn>

    <GridViewColumn>
        <!-- Do not show context menu for this column -->
        <GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                ...
            </DataTemplate>
        </GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
    </GridViewColumn>
</GridView>

I tried adding a GridViewColumn.ContextMenu between the <GridViewColumn></GridViewColumn> tags but that does not seem to exist. I also tried adding it inside the GridViewColumn.CellTemplate and DataTemplate without any luck.

Any suggestions on how I can have a ContextMenu for a specific column?c

Answer 1

You should add it inside the first child of DataTemplate (ie, it needs to be the child of a FrameworkElement).

<GridViewColumn>
    <!-- Show context menu for this column --> 
    <GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>    
        <DataTemplate>
            <Grid>
                <ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
                    <ContextMenu>
                        <MenuItem Header="Menu Item" />
                    </ContextMenu>
                </ContextMenuService.ContextMenu>
            </Grid>
        </DataTemplate>
    </GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>    
</GridViewColumn>