How to show MainMenu items in the ToolBar like Chart window?

[tcdouglas]

In custom add-on windows (derived from NTWindow), items added to the MainMenu collection get displayed in a Menu control. WPF wraps each item in a MenuItem for display, but this gives the items a horrible appearance when you hover over them:




How can I display MainMenu items in the ToolBar like Chart window does?



Notice the Menu and ToolBar controls are both added and available in the custom add-on window and Chart window visual tree. The problem is the items in the MainMenu collection are bound to the Menu control in custom add-on window, but I want them bound and displayed in the ToolBar control like Chart window does.

Ordinarily I would do this:



But this.FindFirst("PART_Menu") always returns null. How can I get a reference to the Menu control so I can hide it?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello tcdouglas,

While I wouldn't know how to collapse the menu as it cannot be found using the FindFirst method it does look like you are adding items to the menu instead of the toolbar which would cause a difference. Have you tried using the variable for the toolbar that you found to add items to that directly?

[tcdouglas]

I've just solved it: the ToolBar control (which can be found through it's automation id) is hosted in the same Grid panel as the Menu control (which cannot be found via it's automation id).

So I can do this to display MainMenu items in the ToolBar instead of the Menu:



This gives identical appearance to the NT Chart window: