Add Context Menu to Tab Control in WPF

March 8, 2007

You can add a context menu to tab control or to individual tabs. If you add it to tab control it works on anywhere in the tab area. If you add it to a tab item, it only works on that tab item. Take a look at this code:

<TabControl
Name=“tcMain“ >

    <TabControl.ContextMenu>

        <ContextMenu
Name=“mnuTabContext1“>

            <MenuItem
Header=“_Vertical Tab“
Name=“mnuVerticalTab1“></MenuItem>

            <MenuItem
Header=“_Horizontal Tab“
Name=“mnuHorizontalTab1“></MenuItem>

        </ContextMenu>

    </TabControl.ContextMenu>

    <TabItem
Name=“tabNew“
Header=“[new]“
IsTabStop=“False“ >

        <TabItem.ContextMenu>

            <ContextMenu
Name=“mnuTabContext“>

                <MenuItem
Header=“_Vertical Tab“
Name=“mnuVerticalTab“></MenuItem>

            </ContextMenu>

        </TabItem.ContextMenu>

    </TabItem>

</TabControl>

If you click on the tab control, you get:

But if you click on the tab itself, you get:

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