This tag can be used in questions involving usage of MenuStrip class from Windows Forms (a GUI class library in the Microsoft .NET Framework).
Questions tagged [menustrip]
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C# WinForm MenuStrip Event doesn't seem to fire
I don't do much WinFom development so I am not too familiar with the MenuStrip control. I have added a menu strip to my form and added (1) item to it. All of this was done using the designer.
So I have Utilities -> Download Utility. When I double…

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How to Add MenuStrip and DataGridView in Parent Form on Button_Click in Child Form
I'm a Student of C# and doing a Windows Form Application using in visual studio 2012. The problem that i have is.
I have a parent form with a menustrip = File, with sub item Login and on Login item Click the Child form loads so you can enter your…

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Menu click causes form to "lose focus" and menu dropdown disappears
I have noticed some strange form interactions while using a ContextMenuStrip or a MenuStrip. I don't really know what is causing it so the following should create a repeatable test for anyone looking into this:
I've created two Windows Forms: Form1…

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DataSet.HasChanges not work for selected row (onClick MenuStrip)
I have a datagridview binded with MyDataSet.
At form load, I fill the datagridview with this command:
MyTableAdapter.Fill(this.MyDataSet.ExtractData);
Now, I've added a MenuStrip and I want to get MyDataSet changes when I click on File/Save, but if…

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Sharing MenuStrip between Forms
I have a question a litle bit connected with this one: How to create navigation inside program Form - noob alert again.
I'm trying to create a navigation inside c# program like a dynamic dropdown menu on website. I'm using diferent C# Forms like…

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Menu Strip Control "Window"
I am working on a project and am just stymied by this. It should be really straight forward. I have included the code so you can see the other Menu Strip Items.
The user has the ability to open as many "Child" forms into the mdiParent form. I…

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How to create navigation inside program Form
Warning! This is noob question probably! Sorry in advance.
I'm learning C# (using MS Studio 2013) and I'm having hard time creating some kind of decent navigation in simple desktop program.
Basically what I want is this: MenuStrip with options like…

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What navigation control would you choose to use in your application?
ToolStrip with MenuStrip or RibbonBar?
It combines both of the controls. It also have a TabPages navigation, contextual tabs, etc. However the RibbonBar is a very complex control and when you open a new document in for example Word2007 the half of…

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How to add "On Click" event to dynamically created menuStrip item from mySQL?
I've coded my form to take name values from a table in MySQL and add them as sub menu items. Now I would like for my code to load information from another table corresponding to the menu item that was created. How can i do that?
Here is my working…

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MenuStrip sub items opening direction
Like I said in the title; I want to change the direction of the sub menu that opens when you click on a menu item.
This image shows the left lower corner of my application. What I want to do is open the menu to the top and not to the bottom as…

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Panel Won't Show When Called From MenuStrip
I have a Panel called Panel_Manage_Calculations on a Form called Criteria. I have the visible property to a default of False. When I call it from my MenuStrip called MenutStrip_Main with this code:
Private Sub…

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C# Positioning of MenuStrip.Items (SubMenues)
I have put together this radio button menustrip existing of 2 seperate submenu items
when compiling the 2 menus show up on top of each other... how is it possible to have them side by side?
Here is a screenshot...…

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Aligning a logo on the right of a menu strip in Visual Studio 2010
I've got a menu strip, inside which I want to embed my company logo and align it to the right.
My project is on a Windows Form Application, sorry for not including this before.
Several google-trips have found little, this is probably my not using…

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Manipulating menu strip font colors in Visual Studio 2010
I'm building a program on which I'm hoping to have a black background and white text.
I've tried setting the background color to black, the forecolor/font color to white, but during highlight I want two different colors and another two during while…

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Clear Form without remove menu
I create controls dynamically (checkBoxes, listBox, trackBar...) on a Form, and i put menuStrip using the editor. I'd like to remove all the controls, and i'd like to keep the menu.
When i use this line:
this.Controls.Clear();
it removes the menu…

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