XamlContextMenu

Context menu (XAML) sample

This sample shows how to create context menus experiences in UWP.

Specifically, this sample shows how to:

• Create desktop-style context menus: using our new APIs, it is possible to control the placement as well as allow menus to draw outside your application's window
• Nested/cascading menus: organize your commands with nested menus
• Support for desktop and mobile: with best practices for keyboard, mouse, and touch
• Icons: learn how to add support for icons

Note The Windows universal samples require Visual Studio 2015 to build and Windows 10 to execute.

To obtain information about Windows 10 development, go to the Windows Dev Center

To obtain information about Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and the tools for developing Windows apps, go to Visual Studio 2015

Related topics

Reference

• MenuFlyout
• MenuFlyout.ShowAt(UIElement, Point)
• MenuFlyoutSubItem

System requirements

Client: Windows 10

Server: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview

Phone: Windows 10

Build the sample

1. If you download the samples ZIP, be sure to unzip the entire archive, not just the folder with the sample you want to build.
2. Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
3. Starting in the folder where you unzipped the samples, go to the Samples subfolder, then the subfolder for this specific sample, then the subfolder for your preferred language (C++, C#, or JavaScript). Double-click the Visual Studio 2015 Solution (.sln) file.
4. Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Build Solution.

Run the sample

The next steps depend on whether you just want to deploy the sample or you want to both deploy and run it.

Deploying the sample

• Select Build > Deploy Solution.

Deploying and running the sample

• To debug the sample and then run it, press F5 or select Debug > Start Debugging. To run the sample without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or select Debug > Start Without Debugging.