# TextControl.TextContextMenuOpening Event

> Occurs immediately before a built-in context menu will be opened. The event handler receives an argument of type TextContextMenuEventArgs containing data related to this event.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Event
- **Introduced:** 19.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl > TextControl.TextContextMenuOpening Event
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/textcontextmenuopening-event/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/textcontextmenuopening-event/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/textcontextmenuopening-event/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Occurs immediately before a built-in context menu will be opened. The event handler receives an argument of type [TextContextMenuEventArgs](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontextmenueventargs/llms-full.txt) containing data related to this event.

### Syntax

```csharp
public event TextContextMenuEventHandler TextContextMenuOpening;
```

```vbnet
Public Event TextContextMenuOpening As TextContextMenuEventHandler
```

### Examples

The following example records useful context when text context menu opening occurs.

```csharp
textControl.TextContextMenuOpening += (sender, e) =>
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Context Menu Location: {e.ContextMenuLocation}");
};
```

```vbnet
AddHandler textControl.TextContextMenuOpening,
    Sub(sender, e)
        Console.WriteLine($"Context Menu Location: {e.ContextMenuLocation}")
    End Sub
```

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