how to make programatically created list items clickable? C#

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i have a small program where i create a list of favorites and add them to a toolstrip menu programatically
is there any way to make the items clickable so i can actually follow the links

i added them through

ToolStripMenuItem item = new ToolStripMenuItem(favourite.URL);
                linksToolStripMenuItem.DropDownItems.Add(item);

which property do i use to actually make them clickable?
i was thinking something in the lines of
using a click eventhandler but can't seem to figure this one out by myself >.<<br mode="hold" />
thanks in advance

Posted 21-Jun-11 6:50am

alekcarlsen

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Not Active · Answer 1 · 2011-06-21T07:25:00

Solution 1

MenuItems are "clickable", you just need to handle the event on the Menu control.

Posted 21-Jun-11 7:25am

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#realJSOP · Answer 2 · 2011-06-21T07:28:00

Solution 2

Add this after that code:

item.Click +=

(and then hit tab a few times and let intellisiense fill it in for you. At that point, you'll be able to put code into the method provided and the menu item will be "clickable".

Posted 21-Jun-11 7:28am

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy · Answer 3 · 2011-06-21T07:28:00

Solution 3

According to MSDN documentation the ToolStripMenuItem type has a Click event. So all you have to do in your code is to attach an event handler to it.

Cheers!

--MRB

Posted 21-Jun-11 7:28am

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

Vivek Krishnamurthy · Answer 4 · 2011-06-21T07:29:00

Solution 4

You are on the correct path... you have an example here

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.toolstripitem.click.aspx[^]

Note: ToolStripMenuItem inherit from ToolStripItem

Posted 21-Jun-11 7:29am

Vivek Krishnamurthy

alekcarlsen · Answer 5 · 2011-06-21T12:05:00

Solution 5

im a bit further now
im just trying to figure out how i can call my own data now...
it seems i need to access the "dropdownitems"-- DOH!!
but i actually have no clue what so ever on how to get the values of my dropdownitems
any ideas?
btw thanks alot for all the responses

think i need to work on my explanation skills

Posted 21-Jun-11 12:05pm

alekcarlsen

Updated 21-Jun-11 12:41pm

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[no name] 21-Jun-11 22:35pm

Answering yourself and marking it as the accepted answer is very poor form

alekcarlsen 22-Jun-11 0:04am

was actually unintended - fixed - actually think it marked it as a solution by itself - i failed to see the comment button. - but hey thanks for noticing and thinking "douch" instead of "newbie mistake" (Y)