Customization menus

[Travis Chambers]

Good day.

I am considering using syncfusion charts in my application but before i do i want to check on a few prerequisites I need them to do. 

I really like the default tool bar and the context menus, however i need the user to be able to change nore properties that are not available by default (such as grid line properties, axis labels, skins, among other visual details). Is it possible to add these properties to the toolbar, or probably the better option, context menus?

I know I could expose all properties with a propertyGrid. But i dont really want the user having to navigate so many properties that they dont even need.

Also, does the GridControl support similar context menus or toolbars as well, so that a user can customize it's look at runtime?

thanks! 

[Saravana Kumar Kanagavel]

Hi Travis, 

 

Thanks for contacting Syncfusion Support. 

 

We have analyzed your query and prepared a sample based on you requirement. In the sample, we have added the custom menu in ChartContextMenu().  

 

Please find the code snippet below 

 

[C#] 

private void InitializeChartData() 

        { 

               // Enable the context menu 

            this.chartControl1.ShowContextMenu = true; 

            //Event handler for context menu while pop up 

            this.chartControl1.ChartContextMenu.Popup += ChartContextMenu_Popup;        } 

  private void ChartContextMenu_Popup(object sender, EventArgs e) 

        { 

            // Creating the chart context menu 

            ChartContextMenu menu = sender as ChartContextMenu; 

            // Creating the menu 

            MenuItem item = new MenuItem("Custom Menu"); 

            // Added child menu in main menu 

            MenuItem item1 = new MenuItem("PrimaryXAxis",new EventHandler(Item_Click1)); 

            MenuItem item2 = new MenuItem("PrimaryYAxis", new EventHandler(Item_Click1)); 

            item.MenuItems.Add(item1); 

            item.MenuItems.Add(item2); 

            menu.MenuItems.Add(item); 

        } 

 

And you can find the sample from the below location. 

 

Sample Link : http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/forum/133688/ze/Sample-2065430038 

  

Please find the output of the sample below 

 

 

 

You can able to add the custom tool bar in chart tool bar and please find the code snippet below 

 

[C#] 

private void InitializeChartData() 

  { 

    // Add custom tool bar 

            AddCustomToollBar(); 

  } 

 private void AddCustomToollBar() 

        {  

            // Getting the image from image list 

            Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(this.imageList1.Images[0]); 

            // Creating the custom tool bar 

            ChartToolBarDropDown dropdown = new ChartToolBarDropDown(); 

            dropdown.Image = bmp; 

            //Added the custom toolbar into chart tool bar  

            this.chartControl1.ToolBar.Items.Add(dropdown); 

            // Created the custom menu 

            MenuItem item1 = new MenuItem("PrimaryXAxis", new EventHandler(Item_Click1)); 

            item1.Checked = true; 

            item1.Name = "Checked";         

            MenuItem item2 = new MenuItem("PrimaryYAxis", new EventHandler(Item_Click1)); 

            item2.Checked = true; 

            item2.Name = "Checked"; 

            dropdown.Menu.MenuItems.Add(item1); 

            dropdown.Menu.MenuItems.Add(item2); 

        } 

 

 

Please find the output of the sample below 

 

  

 

The GridControl have the default support to add the ContextMenuStrip to the grid. The ContextMenuStrip property can be used to add the ContextMenuStrip to the grid. We have created a simple sample as per your scenario. Please refer to below code and sample,  

  

Code snippet  

  

//To add the toolstrip items to the ContextMenuStrip  

this.contextMenuStrip1.Items.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {  

this.copyToolStripMenuItem,  

this.pasteToolStripMenuItem,  

this.cutToolStripMenuItem});  

//To add the context menu to grid  

this.gridControl1.ContextMenuStrip = this.contextMenuStrip1;  

  

Screenshot  

   

  

Sample link: http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/ContextMenu1681774086   

 

Please let us know if you have any concern. 

 

Regards, 

Saravana Kumar K. 

[Travis Chambers]

Thank you so much! This looks great and i will try it out soon.

[Saravana Kumar Kanagavel]

Hi Travis, 

 

Thanks for your update. 

 

Please let us know if you need any other assistance on this. 

 

Regards, 

Saravana Kumar K.