Hi,

The control is not empty, it's just that it has no name. When an UltraTextEditor control enters edit mode, it creates a child control and positions it over itself. This child control is a derived TextBox control which allows to the user to edit.

So what you could do walk up the parent chain until you get a control that has a name.

    Private Sub contextMenuStrip1_Opened(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles contextMenuStrip1.Opened
        Dim contextMenuStrip As ContextMenuStrip = CType(sender, ContextMenuStrip)

        Dim sourceControl As Control = contextMenuStrip.SourceControl

        While String.IsNullOrEmpty(sourceControl.Name)
            sourceControl = sourceControl.Parent
        End While

        Debug.WriteLine(sourceControl.Name)
    End Sub

Hello,

When the editor is in edit mode we are drawing standard MS TextBox for input component, so you could easy avoid this behavior if you use code like:

Dim mySourceControlName As String = ContextMenuStrip1.SourceControl.Name

        If TypeOf ContextMenuStrip1.SourceControl.Parent Is UltraTextEditor Then

            mySourceControlName = ContextMenuStrip1.SourceControl.Parent.Name

        End If

        ContextMenuStrip1.Items(0).Text = mySourceControlName

in your ContextMenuStrip1_Opened event.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.