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MenuItemCollection.Contains(MenuItem) Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Determines whether the specified MenuItem object is in the collection.

public:
 bool Contains(System::Web::UI::WebControls::MenuItem ^ c);
public bool Contains (System.Web.UI.WebControls.MenuItem c);
member this.Contains : System.Web.UI.WebControls.MenuItem -> bool
Public Function Contains (c As MenuItem) As Boolean

Parameters

c
MenuItem

The MenuItem to find.

Returns

Boolean

true if the specified MenuItem object is contained in the collection; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Contains method to determine whether a MenuItem object is contained within a MenuItemCollection object.


<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
    
  void NavigationMenu_MenuItemClick(Object sender, MenuEventArgs e)
  {
    // Use the Contains method to determine whether the menu
    // item selected by the user is contained in the Items
    // collection of the Menu control. 
    if(NavigationMenu.Items.Contains(e.Item))
    {
      Message.Text = "You selected the root menu item.";
    }
    else
    {
      Message.Text = "You selected a submenu item.";
    }
  }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>MenuItemCollection Contains Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
      <h3>MenuItemCollection Contains Example</h3>
    
      Select an item from the menu.
      <br/><br/>
    
      <asp:menu id="NavigationMenu"
        orientation="Vertical"
        target="_blank"
        onmenuitemclick="NavigationMenu_MenuItemClick"  
        runat="server">
        
        <items>
          <asp:menuitem text="Home"
            tooltip="Home">
            <asp:menuitem text="Music"
              tooltip="Music">
              <asp:menuitem text="Classical"
                tooltip="Classical"/>
              <asp:menuitem text="Rock"
                tooltip="Rock"/>
              <asp:menuitem text="Jazz"
                tooltip="Jazz"/>
            </asp:menuitem>
            <asp:menuitem text="Movies"
              tooltip="Movies">
              <asp:menuitem text="Action"
                tooltip="Action"/>
              <asp:menuitem text="Drama"
                tooltip="Drama"/>
              <asp:menuitem text="Musical"
                tooltip="Musical"/>
            </asp:menuitem>
          </asp:menuitem>
        </items>

      </asp:menu>
      
      <hr/>
      
      <asp:label id="Message" 
        runat="server"/>
        
    </form>
  </body>
</html>


<%@ Page Language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
    
  Sub NavigationMenu_MenuItemClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MenuEventArgs)
  
    ' Use the Contains method to determine whether the menu
    ' item selected by the user is contained in the Items
    ' collection of the Menu control. 
    If NavigationMenu.Items.Contains(e.Item) Then
    
      Message.Text = "You selected the root menu item."
    
    Else
    
      Message.Text = "You selected a submenu item."
    
    End If
      
  End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>MenuItemCollection Contains Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
      <h3>MenuItemCollection Contains Example</h3>
    
      Select an item from the menu.
      <br/><br/>
    
      <asp:menu id="NavigationMenu"
        orientation="Vertical"
        target="_blank"
        onmenuitemclick="NavigationMenu_MenuItemClick"  
        runat="server">
        
        <items>
          <asp:menuitem text="Home"
            tooltip="Home">
            <asp:menuitem text="Music"
              tooltip="Music">
              <asp:menuitem text="Classical"
                tooltip="Classical"/>
              <asp:menuitem text="Rock"
                tooltip="Rock"/>
              <asp:menuitem text="Jazz"
                tooltip="Jazz"/>
            </asp:menuitem>
            <asp:menuitem text="Movies"
              tooltip="Movies">
              <asp:menuitem text="Action"
                tooltip="Action"/>
              <asp:menuitem text="Drama"
                tooltip="Drama"/>
              <asp:menuitem text="Musical"
                tooltip="Musical"/>
            </asp:menuitem>
          </asp:menuitem>
        </items>

      </asp:menu>
      
      <hr/>
      
      <asp:label id="Message" 
        runat="server"/>
        
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the Contains method to determine whether a MenuItem object is contained in the current MenuItemCollection object. The MenuItem and its properties is compared with the passed in value. This method is commonly used to test for the existence of a MenuItem object before performing a task, such as adding or removing a menu item from the collection.

Applies to

See also