Describe the bug
It's sometimes desirable to have a top-level MenuBarItem in a MenuBar that contains no items and is just effectively a 'button'. This is common in some apps for certain common functions or for a simple 'Help' or 'About' dialogs.
Steps to reproduce the bug
- Copy Keyboard accelerator example from XAML Controls Gallery into XAML Studio
- Add a blank MenuBarItem:
<muxc:MenuBarItem Title="View"/>
- Click on it, note: a blank menu drops down.
Expected behavior
No Menu to drop-down, should only act as a button.
Screenshots

Full XAML Example
<Page
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:muxc="using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<muxc:MenuBar>
<muxc:MenuBarItem Title="File">
<MenuFlyoutItem Text="New">
<MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
<KeyboardAccelerator Modifiers="Control" Key="N"/>
</MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
</MenuFlyoutItem>
<MenuFlyoutItem Text="Open...">
<MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
<KeyboardAccelerator Modifiers="Control" Key="O"/>
</MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
</MenuFlyoutItem>
<MenuFlyoutItem Text="Save">
<MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
<KeyboardAccelerator Modifiers="Control" Key="S"/>
</MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
</MenuFlyoutItem>
<MenuFlyoutItem Text="Exit">
<MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
<KeyboardAccelerator Modifiers="Control" Key="E"/>
</MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
</MenuFlyoutItem>
</muxc:MenuBarItem>
<muxc:MenuBarItem Title="Edit">
<MenuFlyoutItem Text="Undo">
<MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
<KeyboardAccelerator Modifiers="Control" Key="Z"/>
</MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
</MenuFlyoutItem>
<MenuFlyoutItem Text="Cut">
<MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
<KeyboardAccelerator Modifiers="Control" Key="X"/>
</MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
</MenuFlyoutItem>
<MenuFlyoutItem Text="Copy">
<MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
<KeyboardAccelerator Modifiers="Control" Key="C"/>
</MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
</MenuFlyoutItem>
<MenuFlyoutItem Text="Paste">
<MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
<KeyboardAccelerator Modifiers="Control" Key="V"/>
</MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
</MenuFlyoutItem>
</muxc:MenuBarItem>
<muxc:MenuBarItem Title="View"/>
<muxc:MenuBarItem Title="Help">
<MenuFlyoutItem Text="About">
<MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
<KeyboardAccelerator Modifiers="Control" Key="I"/>
</MenuFlyoutItem.KeyboardAccelerators>
</MenuFlyoutItem>
</muxc:MenuBarItem>
</muxc:MenuBar>
</Page>
Version Info
NuGet package version: 2.3.191129002
| Windows 10 version |
Saw the problem? |
| Insider Build (xxxxx) |
|
| May 2020 Update (19041) |
Yes |
| November 2019 Update (18363) |
|
| May 2019 Update (18362) |
|
| October 2018 Update (17763) |
|
| April 2018 Update (17134) |
|
| Fall Creators Update (16299) |
|
| Creators Update (15063) |
|
| Device form factor |
Saw the problem? |
| Desktop |
Yes |
| Xbox |
|
| Surface Hub |
|
| IoT |
|
Additional context
Related to gap for #2216
Describe the bug
It's sometimes desirable to have a top-level
MenuBarItemin aMenuBarthat contains no items and is just effectively a 'button'. This is common in some apps for certain common functions or for a simple 'Help' or 'About' dialogs.Steps to reproduce the bug
<muxc:MenuBarItem Title="View"/>Expected behavior
No Menu to drop-down, should only act as a button.
Screenshots

Full XAML Example
Version Info
NuGet package version: 2.3.191129002
Additional context
Related to gap for #2216