How to remove ContextMenu from parts of WPF Ribbon Control

Question

We need to replace the context menu for the RibbonButton items, and suppress the context menu everywhere else. We have succeeded in replacing the context menu with nothing at the top level:

 <ribbon:Ribbon x:Name="ribbon" ItemsSource="{Binding RibbonItems}">
        <ribbon:Ribbon.ContextMenu>
            <ribbon:RibbonContextMenu>
            </ribbon:RibbonContextMenu>
        </ribbon:Ribbon.ContextMenu>
    </ribbon:Ribbon>

(Note that the Ribbon is populated programmatically, not explicitly in xaml.)

We have replaced the RibbonButton context menu:

<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:ControlData}">
<ribbon:RibbonButton>
    <RibbonButton.Template>
        <!-- snip -->
    </RibbonButton.Template>
    <RibbonButton.ContextMenu>
        <RibbonContextMenu>
            <MenuItem Header="Help" Command="{Binding HelpCommand}" />
        </RibbonContextMenu>
    </RibbonButton.ContextMenu>
</ribbon:RibbonButton>

We haven't figured out how to suppress the Context menu in the area around the menu items (pink in the pic below):

Edit: Here is the context menu that appears when clicking in the empty space around the menu items:

Any ideas would be appreciated....

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 19 '19 at 19:43

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To hide the default quick access toolbar one must provide a faux one and then handle the message when it opens it as such

<ribbon:Ribbon Title="Ribbon Me">
   <ribbon:Ribbon.QuickAccessToolBar>
      <ribbon:RibbonQuickAccessToolBar ContextMenuOpening="QuickContextMenuOpening">
         <DockPanel>
            <ribbon:RibbonButton Label="faux"  />
         </DockPanel>
      </ribbon:RibbonQuickAccessToolBar>
   </ribbon:Ribbon.QuickAccessToolBar>

Code Behind

private void QuickContextMenuOpening(object sender, ContextMenuEventArgs e)
{
    e.Handled = true;
}

answered Jun 19 '19 at 19:43

ΩmegaMan

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Thanks, but it is not the QAT context menu I am trying to suppress. I don't know if it is the RibbonTab, or RibbonControlGroup, or what. – Number8 Jun 19 '19 at 22:39
Can you screen shot the context menu that comes up? – ΩmegaMan Jun 20 '19 at 12:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 20 '19 at 13:45

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Set the ContextMenu property of the RibbonGroup to null. Depending on how your Ribbon is defined, you could do this for all groups using an implicit Style that you add to the Resource dictionary of the Ribbon:

<Ribbon x:Name="ribbon" ..>
    <Ribbon.Resources>
        <Style TargetType="RibbonGroup">
            <Setter Property="ContextMenu" Value="{x:Null}" />
        </Style>
    </Ribbon.Resources>
</Ribbon>

answered Jun 20 '19 at 13:45

mm8

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Weird -- when I add that Style in none of the content of the ribbon displays.... Maybe that is somehow related to using the ItemsSource property on Ribbon? – Number8 Jun 20 '19 at 16:08

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 20 '19 at 16:23

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It looks like it this simple:

    <!-- RibbonGroup -->
    <Style TargetType="{x:Type ribbon:RibbonGroup}" BasedOn="{StaticResource RibbonControlStyle}">
        <!-- snip -->
        <Setter Property="ContextMenu" Value="{x:Null}" />
     </Style>

Thanks mm8 for posting ContextMenu = null in a property setter in Resources....

answered Jun 20 '19 at 16:23

Number8

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Why did you post your own answer when there already is one...? – mm8 Jun 24 '19 at 13:55

How to remove ContextMenu from parts of WPF Ribbon Control

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