ContextMenu.PlacementRectangle Property
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Gets or sets the area relative to which the context menu is positioned when it opens.
Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation
<object> <object.PlacementRectangle> <Rect .../> </object.PlacementRectangle> </object>
<object PlacementRectangle="Rect" .../>
Property Value
Type: System.Windows.RectThe area that defines the rectangle that is used to position the context menu. The default is Empty.
You can position a ContextMenu by setting the PlacementTarget, PlacementRectangle, Placement, HorizontalOffset, and VerticalOffsetProperty properties. These properties behave the same as they do for a Popup. For more information, see Popup Placement Behavior.
The following example shows how to use the PlacementRectangle property and specify where the ContextMenu is placed.
<ContextMenu Placement="Bottom" PlacementRectangle="30,50,0,0">
Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows Server 8 Beta, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
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