How to expand menu items on Mousehover in WPF MenuAdv?

//Uses ExpandMode property as ExpandOnMouseOver
<Window x:Class="WpfMenuAdv.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:syncfusion ="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Grid>
 <syncfusion:MenuAdv   ExpandMode="ExpandOnMouseOver"  >
       <syncfusion:MenuItemAdv Header="File">
                <syncfusion:MenuItemAdv Header="New"/>
                <syncfusion:MenuItemAdv Header="Open"/>
                <syncfusion:MenuItemAdv Header="Close"/>
                </syncfusion:MenuItemAdv>
        </syncfusion:MenuAdv>
    </Grid>
</Window>

//Uses ExpandMode property 
namespace WpfMenuAdv
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            /// <summary>
            /// sets the ExpandeModes 
            /// </summary>
            _menuAdv.ExpandMode = ExpandModes. ExpandOnMouseOver;
            MenuItemAdv _file = new MenuItemAdv() { Header = "File" };
            _menuAdv.Items.Add(_file);
            MenuItemAdv _new = new MenuItemAdv() { Header = "New" };
            MenuItemAdv _open = new MenuItemAdv() { Header = "Open" };
            MenuItemAdv _close = new MenuItemAdv() { Header = "Close" };
            _file.Items.Add(_new);
            _file.Items.Add(_open);
            _file.Items.Add(_close);
        }
    }
   }

//Uses ExpandMode property as ExpandOnClick
<Window x:Class="ColorPickerPallette.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:syncfusion ="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Grid>
 <syncfusion:MenuAdv   ExpandMode="ExpandOnClick"  >
       <syncfusion:MenuItemAdv Header="File">
                <syncfusion:MenuItemAdv Header="New"/>
                <syncfusion:MenuItemAdv Header="Open"/>
                <syncfusion:MenuItemAdv Header="Close"/>
                </syncfusion:MenuItemAdv>
        </syncfusion:MenuAdv>
    </Grid>
</Window>

//Uses ExpandMode property 
namespace WpfMenuAdv
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            /// <summary>
            /// Sets the ExpandeModes 
            /// </summary>
            _menuAdv.ExpandMode = ExpandModes.ExpandOnClick;
            MenuItemAdv _file = new MenuItemAdv() { Header = "File" };
            _menuAdv.Items.Add(_file);
            MenuItemAdv _new = new MenuItemAdv() { Header = "New" };
            MenuItemAdv _open = new MenuItemAdv() { Header = "Open" };
            MenuItemAdv _close = new MenuItemAdv() { Header = "Close" };
            _file.Items.Add(_new);
            _file.Items.Add(_open);
            _file.Items.Add(_close);
        }
    }
   }
​

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to expand menu items on Mousehover and Mouseclick in the WPF MenuAdv.

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