How to provide a keyboard shortcut to programmatically open the primitive tab drop down in TabControlAdv?

In TabControlAdv, to provide a keyboard shortcut to programmatically open the primitive tab drop down, it is not possible with default drop down. As a work around, we can add ContextMenuStrip and show it when we click the drop down or when we press Ctrl+A.

C#

private void tabControlAdv1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)

{

if (e.KeyData == (Keys.Control | Keys.A))

this.contextMenuStrip1.Show(this.tabControlAdv1, new Point(this.tabControlAdv1.TabPrimitivesHost.Location.X, this.tabControlAdv1.TabPrimitivesHost.Location.Y+10));

}

private void contextMenuStrip1_Opening(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)

{

if(this.contextMenuStrip1.Items!=null)

this.contextMenuStrip1.Items.Clear();

foreach (TabPageAdv tabpageAdv in this.tabControlAdv1.TabPages)

{

this.contextMenuStrip1.Items.Add(tabpageAdv.Text);

}

}

VB

Private Sub tabControlAdv1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As KeyEventArgs) Handles tabControlAdv1.KeyDown

If e.KeyData = (Keys.Control Or Keys.A) Then

Me.contextMenuStrip1.Show(Me.tabControlAdv1, New Point(Me.tabControlAdv1.TabPrimitivesHost.Location.X,

Me.tabControlAdv1.TabPrimitivesHost.Location.Y+10))

End If

End Sub

Private Sub contextMenuStrip1_Opening(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CancelEventArgs) Handles contextMenuStrip1.Opening

If Me.contextMenuStrip1.Items IsNot Nothing Then

Me.contextMenuStrip1.Items.Clear()

End If

For Each tabpageAdv As TabPageAdv In Me.tabControlAdv1.TabPages

Me.contextMenuStrip1.Items.Add(tabpageAdv.Text)

Next tabpageAdv

End Sub

Sample:

http://websamples.syncfusion.com/samples/KB/Tools.Windows/KB_TabPrimitive/main.htm