How do You Add Radio Buttons To Menu Items?

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Bubbled86 picture Bubbled86 · Feb 20, 2013 · Viewed 8.9k times · Source

I would like to add radio buttons to my menu items.

I have seen a few answers where people were making radio buttons as the menu items. But I want my menu items to have the proper radio button that can be easily done in Winforms.

To make sure I don't get the same answers as other people, here is a picture of what the menu items' radio buttons should look like:

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And by the way, I am using C#, WPF.

Answer

Heena Patil picture Heena Patil · Mar 9, 2014

Edited Template

 <Window.Resources>        
    <Style x:Key="{x:Type MenuItem}" TargetType="MenuItem">
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate  TargetType="{x:Type MenuItem}">
                    <Border x:Name="templateRoot" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
                        <Grid VerticalAlignment="Center">
                            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                            <ContentPresenter x:Name="Icon" Content="{TemplateBinding Icon}" ContentSource="Icon" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="16" Margin="3" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="16"/>
                            <RadioButton Margin="3" IsChecked="{TemplateBinding IsChecked}" VerticalAlignment="Center" x:Name="GlyphPanel" Visibility="Collapsed"/>
                            <ContentPresenter ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding HeaderTemplate}" Content="{TemplateBinding Header}" Grid.Column="1" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding HeaderStringFormat}" ContentSource="Header" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" RecognizesAccessKey="True" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
                            <Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" AllowsTransparency="True" Focusable="False" IsOpen="{Binding IsSubmenuOpen, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" PopupAnimation="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.MenuPopupAnimationKey}}" Placement="Bottom">
                                <Border x:Name="SubMenuBorder" BorderBrush="#FF999999" BorderThickness="1" Background="#FFF0F0F0" Padding="2">
                                    <ScrollViewer x:Name="SubMenuScrollViewer" Style="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=MenuScrollViewer, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type FrameworkElement}}}">
                                        <Grid RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled">
                                            <Canvas HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="0">
                                                <Rectangle x:Name="OpaqueRect" Fill="{Binding Background, ElementName=SubMenuBorder}" Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=SubMenuBorder}" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=SubMenuBorder}"/>
                                            </Canvas>
                                            <Rectangle Fill="#FFD7D7D7" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="29,2,0,2" Width="1"/>
                                            <ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsPresenter" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Cycle" Grid.IsSharedSizeScope="True" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="Cycle"/>
                                        </Grid>
                                    </ScrollViewer>
                                </Border>
                            </Popup>
                        </Grid>
                    </Border>
                    <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                        <Trigger Property="IsSuspendingPopupAnimation" Value="True">
                            <Setter Property="PopupAnimation" TargetName="PART_Popup" Value="None"/>
                        </Trigger>
                        <Trigger Property="Icon" Value="{x:Null}">
                            <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Icon" Value="Collapsed"/>
                        </Trigger>
                        <Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
                            <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="GlyphPanel" Value="Visible"/>
                            <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Icon" Value="Collapsed"/>
                        </Trigger>
                        <Trigger Property="IsHighlighted" Value="True">
                            <Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="#3D26A0DA"/>
                            <Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="#FF26A0DA"/>
                        </Trigger>
                        <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
                            <Setter Property="TextElement.Foreground" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="#FF707070"/>
                            <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="GlyphPanel" Value="Collapsed"/>
                        </Trigger>
                        <Trigger Property="CanContentScroll" SourceName="SubMenuScrollViewer" Value="False">
                            <Setter Property="Canvas.Top" TargetName="OpaqueRect" Value="{Binding VerticalOffset, ElementName=SubMenuScrollViewer}"/>
                            <Setter Property="Canvas.Left" TargetName="OpaqueRect" Value="{Binding HorizontalOffset, ElementName=SubMenuScrollViewer}"/>
                        </Trigger>
                    </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                </ControlTemplate>

            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>

    <Style x:Key="ItemcontainerStyle" TargetType="MenuItem">
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate  TargetType="{x:Type MenuItem}">
                    <Border x:Name="templateRoot" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
                        <Grid Margin="-1">
                            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                <ColumnDefinition MinWidth="22" SharedSizeGroup="MenuItemIconColumnGroup" Width="Auto"/>
                                <ColumnDefinition Width="13"/>
                                <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                                <ColumnDefinition Width="30"/>
                                <ColumnDefinition SharedSizeGroup="MenuItemIGTColumnGroup" Width="Auto"/>
                                <ColumnDefinition Width="20"/>
                            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                            <ContentPresenter x:Name="Icon" Content="{TemplateBinding Icon}" ContentSource="Icon" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="16" Margin="3" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="16"/>
                            <Border x:Name="GlyphPanel" BorderBrush="#FF26A0DA" BorderThickness="1" Background="#3D26A0DA" ClipToBounds="False" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="22" Margin="-1,0,0,0" Visibility="Hidden" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="22">
                                <RadioButton x:Name="Glyph" IsChecked="{TemplateBinding IsChecked}" GroupName="a"  VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
                            </Border>
                            <ContentPresenter x:Name="menuHeaderContainer" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding HeaderTemplate}" Content="{TemplateBinding Header}" Grid.Column="2" ContentStringFormat="{TemplateBinding HeaderStringFormat}" ContentSource="Header" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" RecognizesAccessKey="True" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
                            <TextBlock x:Name="menuGestureText" Grid.Column="4" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Opacity="0.7" Text="{TemplateBinding InputGestureText}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
                        </Grid>
                    </Border>
                    <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                        <Trigger Property="Icon" Value="{x:Null}">
                            <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Icon" Value="Collapsed"/>
                        </Trigger>
                        <Trigger  Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
                            <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="GlyphPanel" Value="Visible"/>
                            <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Icon" Value="Collapsed"/>
                        </Trigger>
                        <Trigger SourceName="Glyph"  Property="IsChecked" Value="False">
                            <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="GlyphPanel" Value="Hidden"/>
                            <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="Glyph" Value="Collapsed"/>
                        </Trigger>
                        <Trigger Property="IsHighlighted" Value="True">
                            <Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="#3D26A0DA"/>
                            <Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="#FF26A0DA"/>
                        </Trigger>
                        <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
                            <Setter Property="TextElement.Foreground" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="#FF707070"/>
                        </Trigger>
                        <MultiTrigger>
                            <MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                                <Condition Property="IsHighlighted" Value="True"/>
                                <Condition Property="IsEnabled" Value="False"/>
                            </MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                            <Setter Property="Background" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="#0A000000"/>
                            <Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="templateRoot" Value="#21000000"/>
                        </MultiTrigger>
                    </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>
</Window.Resources>

MainWindow.xaml:

  <Menu>
        <MenuItem Header="File" ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ItemcontainerStyle}">
            <MenuItem IsCheckable="True" Header="Example Menu Item"/>
            <MenuItem IsCheckable="True" Header="Example Menu Item"/>
        </MenuItem>
    </Menu>

App.xaml

<Application x:Class="MenuItemTemplate.App"
         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
         StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml">
<Application.Resources>        
    <!--Luna-->
    <ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Luna, Version=3.0.0.0,
    Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35,
    ProcessorArchitecture=MSIL;component/themes/luna.normalcolor.xaml" />

    <!--Aero-->
    <!--<ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Aero, Version=3.0.0.0,
        Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35,
        ProcessorArchitecture=MSIL;component/themes/aero.normalcolor.xaml"/>-->

    <!--Classic-->
    <!--<ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Classic, Version=3.0.0.0,
        Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35,
        ProcessorArchitecture=MSIL;component/themes/classic.xaml" />-->
</Application.Resources>

OutPut

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