menustrip and toolstripMenuItems

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Hi

I have a menu strip which is populated menu items dynamically.
i need to know which menu item is being clicked.?.
i am using the below code.

C#

MenuStrip menuStrip=new MenuStrip();

ToolStripMenuItem File = new ToolStripMenuItem();
ToolStripMenuItem Edit = new ToolStripMenuItem();
menuStrip.Items.Add(File);
menuStrip.Items.Add(Edit);

File.DropDown.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.FileMenuClick); 

private void FileMenuClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("File Menu item clicked"); 
}

This code gives me that i just clicked a File menu item.
But i want to know which File menu item being clicked?..
Thanks in advance
Jim

Posted 12-Oct-13 1:49am

jim1972

Updated 12-Oct-13 1:52am

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abbaspirmoradi · Answer 1 · 2013-10-12T02:05:00

Solution 1

You can try this:

C#

private void SubmenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var _targetMenuItem = sender as MenuItem; 
    var _mname = _targetMenuItem.Name;

    switch(_mname) 
     {
        case "File":
MessageBox.Show("File Menu item clicked");
           break;

        case "Edit":
MessageBox.Show("Edit Menu item clicked");
          break;
    
    }
}

Posted 12-Oct-13 2:05am

abbaspirmoradi

Updated 12-Oct-13 2:11am

v2

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jim1972 12-Oct-13 8:08am

tried this. but showing nullexception error.

abbaspirmoradi 12-Oct-13 8:12am

add name for your items.

jim1972 12-Oct-13 8:15am

when execution control reaches in this line, it breaks...
ys. i tried that only.

var menuText = _targetMenuItem.Name;

jim1972 12-Oct-13 8:24am

i want to know which dropdown item have been clicked??..

abbaspirmoradi 12-Oct-13 8:32am

add this event to all items and then try

jim1972 12-Oct-13 8:51am

which items sir.
i am populating the dropdownitems dynamically.