Tag Archives: menu items

Quickly insert standard menu items on a form in C#

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Rod Stephens

Many applications need standard File, Edit, Tools, and Help menus. Visual Studio provides a simple way to build standard menu items. You can then edit the menu to add new items and remove items that you don’t need. Visual Studio … Continue reading →

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Use ActiveControl to enabled and disable menu items in C#

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Rod Stephens

This program uses the ActiveControl property to determine what menu items should be enabled and disabled at any given moment. When the user opens a menu, only the appropriate items should be enabled. This example has Copy, Cut, and Paste … Continue reading →

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Use the ActiveControl property in C#

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Rod Stephens

The ActiveControl property gives a reference to a container’s currently active control. For a form, ActiveControl doesn’t count menus, so a menu item can use ActiveControl to see which control was active when the menu was opened. In this example, … Continue reading →

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Make menu items behave like check boxes in C#

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Rod Stephens

Making menu items behave like check boxes is a lot easier than making them behave like radio buttons (see Make menu items act like radio buttons in C#). Simply set the menu item’s CheckOnClick property to true and it will … Continue reading →

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Make toolstrip buttons act like radio buttons in C#

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Rod Stephens

Sometimes it is useful to make toolstrip buttons behave like radio buttons so the user can pick only one of a set of buttons. This example lets you pick one of the shape tools or the select (arrow button) and … Continue reading →

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Make menu items act like radio buttons in C#

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Rod Stephens

This example shows how to make menu items behave like radio buttons in a radio button group. When you select one item, it displays a check mark and the others don’t. The key is the following CheckMenuItem method. // Uncheck … Continue reading →

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