Is there a way to programatically close a menuitem in WPF

Question

I have a menu in wpf that has an input box and a button on it. Once the user clicks the button I need to close the menu.

Is there a way to do this?

Answer 1

Get hold of the MenuItem and do:

_menuItem.IsSubmenuOpen = false;

Easy way to get hold of it:

Code-behind:

_button.Click += delegate
{
    (_button.Tag as MenuItem).IsSubmenuOpen = false;
};