Define Custom Trigger Behavior

You can use a custom behavior that will perform additional logic when attaching the RadRadialMenu to the target element. You have to create a class that inherits from the RadialMenuTriggerBehavior class and override its methods to implement custom logic defining where and when the context menu will appear/diappear. The RadRadialMenu is attached/detached to the target element by calling the AttachToTargetElement/DetachToTargetElement method.

This example demonstrates how you can display the context menu when the text in a TextBox is changed and hide it when the Esc button is pressed.

First, create a class that inherits from the RadialMenuTriggerBehavior class. You can override its SubscribeToTargetEvents and UnsubscribeFromTargetEvents methods to implement your custom logic for triggering the appearance of the menu.

public class CustomTriggerBehavior : RadialMenuTriggerBehavior
{
    public CustomTriggerBehavior()
    {
        this.AttachTriggers = RadialMenuAttachTriggers.None;
    }

    protected override void SubscribeToTargetEvents(FrameworkElement element)
    {
        base.SubscribeToTargetEvents(element);

        var textBox = element as TextBox;
        textBox.TextChanged += TextBoxTextChanged;
        textBox.KeyDown += TextBoxKeyDown;
    }

    void TextBoxKeyDown(object sender, KeyRoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Key == VirtualKey.Escape)
        {
            this.DetachFromTargetElement();
        }
    }

    void TextBoxTextChanged(object sender, TextChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        this.AttachToTargetElement();
    }

    protected override void UnsubscribeFromTargetEvents(FrameworkElement element)
    {
        var textBox = element as TextBox;
        textBox.TextChanged -= TextBoxTextChanged;
        textBox.KeyDown -= TextBoxKeyDown;

        base.UnsubscribeFromTargetEvents(element);
    }
}

Then set the attached RadRadialContextMenu properties to the target element.

<TextBox Width="200">
    <telerikPrimitives:RadRadialContextMenu.Behavior>
        <local:CustomTriggerBehavior/>
    </telerikPrimitives:RadRadialContextMenu.Behavior>
    <telerikPrimitives:RadRadialContextMenu.Menu>
        <telerikPrimitives:RadRadialMenu/>
    </telerikPrimitives:RadRadialContextMenu.Menu>
</TextBox>

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