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November 7th, 2008, 11:19 AM
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MenuStrip
Is there a was to get a menu strip to show the selected item always?
Mike B
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November 7th, 2008, 11:24 AM
#2
Re: MenuStrip
 Originally Posted by MikeB
Is there a was to get a menu strip to show the selected item always?
Mike B
Please no talking about "strip"ing...there are
young ones about... 
OK, seriously... I do not know of any way "out of the box". In general this would seem to give a "bad" user experience (ie one that is not expected).
The choices I can think of....
1) Derive your own classes and implement the functionallity. This will probably be difficult to get 100%
2) Dont use an actual "Selected item". Instead float a window (that is independant of the menu itself from a hieracrhical point of view) with the desired information.
[I would opt for #2....if I could ever think of wanting such behaviour.....
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November 7th, 2008, 01:51 PM
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Re: MenuStrip
Originally Posted by TheCPUWizard
Please no talking about "strip"ing...there are
young ones about...
OK, seriously... I do not know of any way "out of the box". In general this would seem to give a "bad" user experience (ie one that is not expected).
The choices I can think of....
1) Derive your own classes and implement the functionallity. This will probably be difficult to get 100%
2) Dont use an actual "Selected item". Instead float a window (that is independant of the menu itself from a hieracrhical point of view) with the desired information.
[I would opt for #2....if I could ever think of wanting such behaviour.....
I am designing my system to be a little out of the norm... The menu strip only has top-level buttons, each describing a domain. On the main form, all the actual menus/menu items are in a tool box docked on the left. By clicking one of the menu strip buttons, the tool box is updated with all the necessary "tools" to work in the "Current Domain". By showing the menu button as always selected, the user will always know what domain they are in. Not sure if domain is the correct word, but you may get the idea!
Hopefully this makes sence.
Mike B
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November 7th, 2008, 01:52 PM
#4
Re: MenuStrip
Why not use a Button Bar instead???
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November 7th, 2008, 02:11 PM
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Re: MenuStrip
Originally Posted by TheCPUWizard
Why not use a Button Bar instead???
I will look into it, didn't know it existed. Not very experienced in the .NET yet....
Mike B
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November 7th, 2008, 02:24 PM
#6
Re: MenuStrip
Another option would be to add a "Check" image to the menu options that get turned 'on' when selected.
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