Show menu programmatically in WPF

Question

How can I open menu (System.Windows.Controls.Menu) programmatically in WPF?

Answer 1

private void button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    var button= sender as FrameworkElement;
    if (button != null)
    {
        button.ContextMenu.IsOpen = true;
    }
}

Answer 2

Check out this example on how to open a context menu.

http://www.uxpassion.com/2009/01/how-to-enable-and-show-context-menu-on-left-click-in-wpf/

In summary

You can just call:

YourContextMenu.IsOpen = true;

This will display the context menu, just make sure its associated with a FrameworkElement on which it is displaying)

Answer 3

Get hold of the menu item, and do this :

_menuItem.IsSubmenuOpen = true;

Answer 4

void CmsBox_MouseLeftButtonDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
    box = sender as WpfBox;
    ContextMenu cms = new ContextMenu();
    e.Handled = true;
    ...
}