MainMenu
Represents the menu structure of a form.
The Wisej.NET MainMenu
control contains a form's menu structure. It consists of MenuItem
objects representing individual menu commands or submenus. Bind the MainMenu
to a form by assigning it to the form's Menu
property.
For multilingual support, use the RightToLeft
property to display menu text appropriately for languages like Arabic.
Create different MainMenu
objects for varied menu structures. Use CloneMenu
to create reusable copies that can be modified for new menu structures.
Features
Auto Overflow
The AutoOverflow
property automatically displays an overflow icon when menu items exceed available space.

Link Menu Items
LinkMenuItem
objects provide URL-opening menu items.

Shortcuts
Shortcut keys enable quick access to frequent menu items and keyboard navigation for users without pointer devices.

How To
Add Items
Add menu items in the designer by:
Drag
MainMenu
from Toolbox to FormExpand
MenuItems
property to add members
For programmatic menu item addition:
public void CreateMenu()
{
// Create an empty MainMenu.
MainMenu mainMenu1 = new MainMenu();
MenuItem menuItem1 = new MenuItem();
MenuItem menuItem2 = new MenuItem();
menuItem1.Text = "File";
menuItem2.Text = "Edit";
// Add two MenuItem objects to the MainMenu.
mainMenu1.MenuItems.Add(menuItem1);
mainMenu1.MenuItems.Add(menuItem2);
// Bind the MainMenu to Form1.
this.Menu = mainMenu1;
}
Advanced
JavaScript Widget
Class name
"wisej.web.menu.MainMenu"
Theme appearance
"mainmenu", inherits from "menubar", see Themes
Source code
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