Konabos.SharedSource.MenuItemRules

Rules-based Context Item Menu Visibility

1. Add a new class and create a command, inheriting from Konabos.CMS.MenuItemRules.Command.RulesBasedMenuCommand and implement the Execute method.

using Konabos.CMS.MenuItemRules.Command;
using Sitecore.Shell.Framework.Commands;

namespace Konabos.CMS.MenuItemRules
{
    public class MenuCustom : RulesBasedMenuCommand
    {
        public override void Execute(CommandContext context)
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }
    }
}

2. Register the command in config, for example:

<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/">
  <sitecore>
    <commands>
      <command name="menu:custom" type="Konabos.CMS.MenuItemRules.CustomMenu, Konabos.CMS.MenuItemRules"/>
      <command name="menu:another" type="Konabos.CMS.MenuItemRules.AnotherMenu, Konabos.CMS.MenuItemRules"/>
    </commands>
  </sitecore>
</configuration>

3. Create the menu item in the Core database under: /sitecore/content/Applications/Content Editor/Context Menues/Default. Set the Message field to your command, e.g. menu:custom(id=$Target)

4. Create a Rule under /sitecore/system/Settings/Rules/Context Menu Items/Rules in the master database. The Rule name should match the sanitized command name which does not include any invalid item name characters. Using the above as an example: menucustom and menuanother.

5. Edit the rule, set your Conditions and then set the Action to "set the command state to enabled" in order to make the menu item visible.

If you want to integrate the code into your own project - the items have been serialized or there is a TDS project or there is an items-only package. You need to update the Type field in /sitecore/system/Settings/Rules/Definitions/Elements/Context Menu Rules/Set Command State in master database.