xmlns:ig=http://schemas.infragistics.com/xaml
You can use the xamMenu™ control to easily set up a menu layout in your application. Menu items represent the different options in the menu to your end users. You can quickly add these items manually or bind them to a IEnumerable collection.
You will learn how to add a xamMenu control to your page and set up menu items using XAML and code behind.
Create a new WPF™ application in Microsoft® Visual Studio®.
Add references to the following NuGet package:
Infragistics.WPF.Menus
For more information on setting up the NuGet feed and adding NuGet packages, you can take a look at the following documentation: NuGet Feeds.
Add a namespace declaration for the xamMenu control.
In XAML:
xmlns:ig=http://schemas.infragistics.com/xaml
In Visual Basic:
Imports Infragistics.Controls.Menus
In C#:
using Infragistics.Controls.Menus;
Add the xamMenu control your user control. For code behind, handle the user control’s loaded event.
In XAML:
<ig:XamMenu x:Name="xamMenu1" Height="25"> <!-- TODO: Add menu items--> </ig:XamMenu>
In Visual Basic:
' Create menu Dim menu1 As New XamMenu() Me.LayoutRoot.Children.Add(menu1) menu1.Height = 25 ' TODO: add menu items
In C#:
// Create menu XamMenu menu1 = new XamMenu(); this.LayoutRoot.Children.Add(menu1); menu1.Height = 25; // TODO: add menu items
Add menu items to represent the different options in the menu.
In XAML:
<ig:XamMenuItem Header="File"> <ig:XamMenuItem Header="New" /> <ig:XamMenuItem Header="Open" /> <ig:XamMenuItem Header="Exit" /> </ig:XamMenuItem> <ig:XamMenuItem Header="Edit"> <ig:XamMenuItem Header="Cut" /> <ig:XamMenuItem Header="Copy" /> <ig:XamMenuItem Header="Paste" /> </ig:XamMenuItem>
In Visual Basic:
' Create File menu item Dim parentMenuItem As New XamMenuItem() parentMenuItem.Header = "File" menu1.Items.Add(parentMenuItem) ' Add child items to File menu item Dim childMenuItem As New XamMenuItem() childMenuItem.Header = "New" parentMenuItem.Items.Add(childMenuItem) childMenuItem = New XamMenuItem() childMenuItem.Header = "Open" parentMenuItem.Items.Add(childMenuItem) childMenuItem = New XamMenuItem() childMenuItem.Header = "Exit" parentMenuItem.Items.Add(childMenuItem) ' Create Edit menu item parentMenuItem = New XamMenuItem() parentMenuItem.Header = "Edit" menu1.Items.Add(parentMenuItem) ' Add child items to Edit menu item childMenuItem = New XamMenuItem() childMenuItem.Header = "Cut" parentMenuItem.Items.Add(childMenuItem) childMenuItem = New XamMenuItem() childMenuItem.Header = "Copy" parentMenuItem.Items.Add(childMenuItem) childMenuItem = New XamMenuItem() childMenuItem.Header = "Paste" parentMenuItem.Items.Add(childMenuItem)
In C#:
// Create File menu item XamMenuItem parentMenuItem = new XamMenuItem(); parentMenuItem.Header = "File"; menu1.Items.Add(parentMenuItem); // Add child items to File menu item XamMenuItem childMenuItem = new XamMenuItem(); childMenuItem.Header = "New"; parentMenuItem.Items.Add(childMenuItem); childMenuItem = new XamMenuItem(); childMenuItem.Header = "Open"; parentMenuItem.Items.Add(childMenuItem); childMenuItem = new XamMenuItem(); childMenuItem.Header = "Exit"; parentMenuItem.Items.Add(childMenuItem); // Create Edit menu item parentMenuItem = new XamMenuItem(); parentMenuItem.Header = "Edit"; menu1.Items.Add(parentMenuItem); // Add child items to Edit menu item childMenuItem = new XamMenuItem(); childMenuItem.Header = "Cut"; parentMenuItem.Items.Add(childMenuItem); childMenuItem = new XamMenuItem(); childMenuItem.Header = "Copy"; parentMenuItem.Items.Add(childMenuItem); childMenuItem = new XamMenuItem(); childMenuItem.Header = "Paste"; parentMenuItem.Items.Add(childMenuItem);
Run the application. You have a menu with File and Edit options. Handle the click event of these items to add functionality to the control.
