How to get checked ToolStripMenuItem?

Question

I am using a MenuStrip with two main ToolStripMenuItems, each one of those has its "dropdown" with more ToolStripMenuItems that have the CheckOnClick property set to true.

Now I am trying to retrieve the selected item, I know bool ToolStripMenuItem.Checked exists, but how can I use a loop to get the ToolStripMenuItems from each main ToolStripMenuItem and then check which one has .Cheked is == true?

Or is there a better way to retrieve the checked ToolStripMenuItem?

Simply iterate the Items property with foreach. Not at all clear why you have a problem doing this. — Hans Passant, Apr 01 '11 at 14:58
I didn't know what to loop, ToolStripMenuItem.DropDownItems is what I was looking for. — nitrkli, Apr 01 '11 at 15:29

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 10 '12 at 23:22

Assume you are using Linq, here is what you can do:

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        foreach (var item in this.menuStrip1.Items.Cast<ToolStripMenuItem>())
        {
            GetCheckMenuItemText(item);
        }
    }

    private void GetCheckMenuItemText(ToolStripMenuItem item)
    {
        if (item.HasDropDownItems)
        {
            foreach (var subItem in item.DropDownItems.Cast<ToolStripMenuItem>())
            {
                GetCheckMenuItemText(subItem);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            if (item.CheckOnClick)
                Debug.WriteLine(item.Text);
        }
    }

How to get checked ToolStripMenuItem?

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