How can I add a context menu to a ListBoxItem?

Question

I have a ListBox and I want to add a context menu to each item in the list. I've seen the "solution" to have the right click select an item and suppress the context menu if on white space, but this solution feels dirty.

Does anyone know a better way?

Answer 1

This way the menu will pop up next to the mouse

private string _selectedMenuItem;
private readonly ContextMenuStrip collectionRoundMenuStrip;

public Form1()
{ 
    var toolStripMenuItem1 = new ToolStripMenuItem {Text = "Copy CR Name"};
    toolStripMenuItem1.Click += toolStripMenuItem1_Click;
    var toolStripMenuItem2 = new ToolStripMenuItem {Text = "Get information on CR"};
    toolStripMenuItem2.Click += toolStripMenuItem2_Click;
    collectionRoundMenuStrip = new ContextMenuStrip();
    collectionRoundMenuStrip.Items.AddRange(new ToolStripItem[] {toolStripMenuItem1, toolStripMenuItem2 });
    listBoxCollectionRounds.MouseDown += listBoxCollectionRounds_MouseDown;
}

private void toolStripMenuItem2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var info = GetInfoByName(_selectedMenuItem);
   MessageBox.Show(info.Name + Environment.NewLine + info.Date);
}

private void toolStripMenuItem1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Clipboard.SetText(_selectedMenuItem);
}

private void myListBox_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Button != MouseButtons.Right) return;
    var index = myListBox.IndexFromPoint(e.Location);
    if (index != ListBox.NoMatches)
    {
        _selectedMenuItem = listBoxCollectionRounds.Items[index].ToString();
        collectionRoundMenuStrip.Show(Cursor.Position);
        collectionRoundMenuStrip.Visible = true;
    }
    else
    {
        collectionRoundMenuStrip.Visible = false;
    }
}

Answer 2

In XAML it shows like this:

<ListBox>
    <ListBox.ContextMenu>
        <ContextMenu>
            <MenuItem Header="Add User..."/>
            <MenuItem Header="Edit..."/>
            <MenuItem Header="Disable"/>
        </ContextMenu>
    </ListBox.ContextMenu>
</ListBox>

Answer 3

If its just a question of enabling or disabling context menu items, it might be more efficient to only do it when the context menu is launched rather than every time the list box selection changes:

myListBox.ContextMenu.Popup += new EventHandler(myContextPopupHandler);


private void myContextPopupHandler(Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    if (SelectedItem != null)
    {
        ContextMenu.MenuItems[1].Enabled = true;
        ContextMenu.MenuItems[2].Enabled = true;
    }
    else
    {
        ContextMenu.MenuItems[1].Enabled = false;
        ContextMenu.MenuItems[2].Enabled = false;
    }
}

Answer 4

I do like this, this works great and fast for me.

private void contextMenuStrip1_Opening(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
    {
        if (Listbox.SelectedItem == null)
            e.Cancel = true;
    }