WPF: Two Columns in Context Menu Item - c#

I am trying to create a context menu with two columns like this:
The text of the item is bound the Name property of the item and the shortcut key is bound to the GestureText property. However, the column definitions do not seem to be obeyed and I see this:
My XAML is as follows:
<Window x:Class="ContextMenu2.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid Margin="0,2,0.4,-2.2">
<TextBlock Text="RightClickMe" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<TextBlock.ContextMenu>
<ContextMenu ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
<ContextMenu.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="50*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="70*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="{Binding Name}" />
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding GestureText}"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ContextMenu.ItemTemplate>
</ContextMenu>
</TextBlock.ContextMenu>
</TextBlock>
</Grid>
</Window>
C#
using System;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Input;
namespace ContextMenu2
{
public class CMenu
{
public String Name { get; set; }
public string GestureText { get; set; }
}
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
DataContext = this;
}
public ObservableCollection<CMenu> Items { get; set; }= new ObservableCollection<CMenu>
{
new CMenu()
{
Name = "Press me",
GestureText =
new KeyGesture(Key.Q, ModifierKeys.Control).GetDisplayStringForCulture(CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture)
},
new CMenu()
{
Name = "Press me too",
GestureText =
new KeyGesture(Key.R, ModifierKeys.Control).GetDisplayStringForCulture(CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture)
}
};
}
}
What's wrong here?

You can bind InputGestureText in ItemContainerStyle to GestureText:
<ContextMenu ItemsSource="{Binding Items}" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch">
<ContextMenu.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" />
</DataTemplate>
</ContextMenu.ItemTemplate>
<ContextMenu.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="MenuItem">
<Setter Property="InputGestureText" Value="{Binding GestureText}"/>
</Style>
</ContextMenu.ItemContainerStyle>
</ContextMenu>
Also note that setting HorizontalAlighnment or HorizontalContentAlignment is not going to help. Please note this part of the default style:
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"
SharedSizeGroup="Icon" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"
SharedSizeGroup="Shortcut" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="13" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
and the margin of the TextBlock in the third column which is Margin="5,2,2,2".

I haven't tested this, but my guess would be that the MenuItems that contain your columns are not taking up the full width themselves (they are probably left aligned). So maybe try changing their alignment using , e.g. something like this:
<ContextMenu.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type MenuItem}">
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
</Style>
</ContextMenu.ItemContainerStyle>

If you really want to create a custom looking ContextMenu you need to override the ControlTemplate of the MenuItem ItemContainer, i.e. define your Grid in the ControlTemplate instead of this one instead of in the ItemTemplate of the ContextMenu:
<TextBlock Text="RightClickMe" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<TextBlock.ContextMenu>
<ContextMenu ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
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<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type MenuItem}">
<Border x:Name="templateRoot" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
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<ColumnDefinition MinWidth="22" SharedSizeGroup="MenuItemIconColumnGroup" Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="13"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="5*" SharedSizeGroup="a"/>
<ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="MenuItemIGTColumnGroup" Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="7*" SharedSizeGroup="b"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="Icon" Content="{TemplateBinding Icon}" ContentSource="Icon" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="16" Margin="3" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="16"/>
<Border x:Name="GlyphPanel" BorderBrush="#FF26A0DA" BorderThickness="1" Background="#3D26A0DA" ClipToBounds="False" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="22" Margin="-1,0,0,0" Visibility="Hidden" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="22">
<Path x:Name="Glyph" Data="F1M10,1.2L4.7,9.1 4.5,9.1 0,5.2 1.3,3.5 4.3,6.1 8.3,0 10,1.2z" Fill="#FF212121" FlowDirection="LeftToRight" Height="11" Width="10"/>
</Border>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="menuHeaderContainer" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding HeaderTemplate}"
Content="{Binding Name}" Grid.Column="2" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding HeaderStringFormat}" ContentSource="Header" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" RecognizesAccessKey="True" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="menuGestureText" Grid.Column="4" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
Text="{Binding GestureText}" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Right"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="Icon" Value="{x:Null}">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Icon" Value="Collapsed"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="GlyphPanel" Value="Visible"/>
<Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Icon" Value="Collapsed"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsHighlighted" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="#3D26A0DA"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="#FF26A0DA"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="TextElement.Foreground" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="#FF707070"/>
<Setter Property="Fill" TargetName="Glyph" Value="#FF707070"/>
</Trigger>
<MultiTrigger>
<MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Condition Property="IsHighlighted" Value="True"/>
<Condition Property="IsEnabled" Value="False"/>
</MultiTrigger.Conditions>
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="#0A000000"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="#21000000"/>
</MultiTrigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</ContextMenu.ItemContainerStyle>
</ContextMenu>
</TextBlock.ContextMenu>
</TextBlock>
If you simply want to bind the InputGestureText property to your GestureText property you should refer to #Ron's answer.

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<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Button Grid.Row="0" Command="{x:Static DataGrid.SelectAllCommand}" Focusable="false" Style="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=DataGridSelectAllButtonStyle, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type DataGrid}}}" Visibility="{Binding HeadersVisibility, ConverterParameter={x:Static DataGridHeadersVisibility.All}, Converter={x:Static DataGrid.HeadersVisibilityConverter}, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type DataGrid}}}" Width="{Binding CellsPanelHorizontalOffset, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type DataGrid}}}"/>
<DataGridColumnHeadersPresenter Grid.Row="0" x:Name="PART_ColumnHeadersPresenter" Grid.Column="1" Visibility="{Binding HeadersVisibility, ConverterParameter={x:Static DataGridHeadersVisibility.Column}, Converter={x:Static DataGrid.HeadersVisibilityConverter}, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type DataGrid}}}"/>
<Grid VerticalAlignment="Top" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="1" ClipToBounds="False">
<Grid.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform Y="-24" />
</Grid.RenderTransform>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="{Binding NonFrozenColumnsViewportHorizontalOffset, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type DataGrid}}}"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Rectangle Fill="Yellow" Grid.Row="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.Column="1" Height="48" />
</Grid>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</ScrollViewer.Template>
<ItemsPresenter SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsGrouping" Value="true">
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false"/>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
<DataGrid AutoGenerateColumns="False" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,12,0,12" Name="dataGrid1" Width="868" FrozenColumnCount="2"
ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" CanUserSortColumns="False" CanUserReorderColumns="False"
AreRowDetailsFrozen="True" CanUserAddRows="False" Style="{StaticResource DataGridStyle1}"
ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible">
<DataGrid.Columns>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Layer Name" Width="250" IsReadOnly="True" />
<DataGridHyperlinkColumn Header="" Width="150" IsReadOnly="True" />
<DataGridTemplateColumn Width="*" HeaderStyle="{StaticResource DataGridColumnHeaderStyle}" IsReadOnly="True">
<DataGridTemplateColumn.Header>
<Grid Height="18">
<TextBlock Text="100.0f" Margin="0,-10" />
</Grid>
</DataGridTemplateColumn.Header>
</DataGridTemplateColumn>
</DataGrid.Columns>
<DataGrid.GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle.ContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type GroupItem}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type GroupItem}">
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="test" />
<ItemsPresenter />
</StackPanel>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</GroupStyle.ContainerStyle>
</GroupStyle>
</DataGrid.GroupStyle>
</DataGrid>
So after a few days of fiddling I found the culprit to be GetLayoutClip method. This method returns clipping geometry only if the bounds of the control is smaller than the minimum bounds.
Easiest solution to override this behavior was to make a custom control inherit from the said base control. And to construct new clipping geometry with the extra margin taken into account.

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