Showing a Context Menu for an item in a ListView

Question

I know how to make a contextMenu that pops up when I right click on a listView, what I want is for it to pop up when I right click on an item. I am trying to make a chat server and client, and now... Now I want to view client info when I right click on a connected client's item.

How can I do this?

Answer 1

private void listView1_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right)
    {
        var focusedItem = listView1.FocusedItem;
        if (focusedItem != null && focusedItem.Bounds.Contains(e.Location))
        {
            contextMenuStrip1.Show(Cursor.Position);
        }
    } 
}

You can put connected client information in the contextMenuStrip1. and when you right click on a item, you can show the information from that contextMenuStrip1.

Answer 2

You are going to have to use the ListViews Context Menu, but change it according to the ListView Item you right click on.

private void listView1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    bool match = false;

    if (e.Button == System.Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Right)
    {
        foreach (ListViewItem item in listView1.Items)
        {
            if (item.Bounds.Contains(new Point(e.X, e.Y)))
            {
                MenuItem[] mi = new MenuItem[] { new MenuItem("Hello"), new MenuItem("World"), new MenuItem(item.Name) };
                listView1.ContextMenu = new ContextMenu(mi);
                match = true;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (match)
        {
            listView1.ContextMenu.Show(listView1, new Point(e.X, e.Y));
        }
        else
        {
            //Show listViews context menu
        }

    }

}

Answer 3

You can trigger MouseDown or MouseUp event of ListView in which if MouseButton.Right then grab the selected Item by using ListView.Hittest and give the Context menu related to that Selected Item.

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