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MenuStrip
jammmie999

16 Aug, 2009 - 01:55 AM
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Hi guys

In my designer my menuStrip looks really boring like this
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How can I give it a style/theme to make it look like this (from notepad)
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16 Aug, 2009 - 02:05 AM
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You cannot use this style by default, but you can create it programatically. Instead of using the MenuStrip control, in the Form_Load event use the MainMenu class, add several items and assign it to the Menu property of the main form. Something that will look like this:

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            MainMenu menu = new MainMenu();
            menu.MenuItems.Add("AAA");
            this.Menu = menu;
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16 Aug, 2009 - 02:20 AM
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Thank you.

For anyone else reading this Click here For more information regarding the MainMenu.

Does anyone know how to add a splitter/seperator in this menu?

Thanks again.

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16 Aug, 2009 - 02:32 AM
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Take a look at the documentation on MainMenu class. You will have to operate with the MenuItem class to add actual items and sub-items.

You need this:

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            MenuItem item = new MenuItem("Item");
            MenuItem subItem = new MenuItem("SubItem");
            item.MenuItems.Add(subItem);

            // Adds the event handler for the subitem
            subItem.Click += new EventHandler(subItem_Click);

            MainMenu menu = new MainMenu();
            menu.MenuItems.Add(item);
            this.Menu = menu;


As you see, I included a reference for an event handler. That will look like this:

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        void subItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("This works!");
        }
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16 Aug, 2009 - 05:48 AM
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Thanks

I have got the seperator now.
For anyone else that want's to know to create a seperator use
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MenuItem subItem = new MenuItem("-");
item.MenuItems.Add(subItem);
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