/// <summary>
        /// Manually begins a window drag operation using the given drag handle.
        /// This is rather advanced and would normally happen automatically via a click event on the
        /// draghandle element.  
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="dragHandle"></param>
        /// <param name="offset">an optional offset value for the initial clickpoint position</param>
        internal void ForceWindowDragState(FrameworkElement dragHandle, Point offset)
        {
            Canvas.SetZIndex(ClickTargetLookup[dragHandle].DragElement, ZOrder++);
            CurrentCursor = Cursors.Arrow;
            CurrentTransformDelegate = TransformDrag;

            var win = (IWindow)ClickTargetLookup[dragHandle];

            win.OnDragStarted();
            OnWindowDragStart(win);

            RootPanel.Cursor = CurrentCursor;
            CurrentTransformDelegate = TransformDrag;
            CapturedElement = dragHandle;

            ClickPoint = dragHandle.GetPosition(RootPanel);
            ClickPoint = new Point(ClickPoint.X + offset.X < 0 ? 0 : ClickPoint.X + offset.X, ClickPoint.Y + offset.Y < 0 ? 0 : ClickPoint.Y + offset.Y);

            RootPanel.MouseLeftButtonUp += RootPanelMouseLeftButtonUp;
            RootPanel.MouseLeave += RootPanelMouseLeave;

            //wait for the rest of the layout to update before generating drop targets
            //HACK: this isn't very clean, but we need to be "sure" the layout has updated, and
            //there is no guarantee at this point that it hasn't updated already.
            Observable
                .Timer(_dropTargetDelay)
                .ObserveOnDispatcher() //prevent cross-thread issues
                .Subscribe(_ => GenerateDropTargets(ClickTargetLookup[dragHandle] as IDragDropSource));
        }
        private void ShowMenu(FrameworkElement menuParent, Menu menuToShow, bool hideOtherMenus)
        {
            if (hideOtherMenus)
                HideAllMenus();

            var menuParentPosition = menuParent.GetPosition(Application.Current.RootVisual);

            var adjustedPosition = new Point(menuParentPosition.X - 1, menuParentPosition.Y - 2);

            var pGrid = LayoutContext != null ? LayoutContext.FindElement<Grid>() : MenuLayer;

            ChangeLayoutHitTest(false);

            pGrid.Children.Add(_cover);

            _cover.Click += CoverClick;

            MenuLayer.Children.Add(menuToShow);

            menuToShow.AbsoluteTransformPositionTo(adjustedPosition, Application.Current.RootVisual);

            _hoverShow = true;

            if (_isWindowBaseMenu)
                AddProxyMenuUI(menuToShow);
        }