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MenuItem.Icon Property

.NET Framework 4.5

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Gets or sets the icon that appears in a MenuItem.

Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation

Syntax

C++

[BindableAttribute(true)]
public Object Icon { get; set; }

XAML Property Element Usage

<object>
  <object.Icon>
    <Object .../>
  </object.Icon>
</object>

Property Value

Type: System.Object
The icon that appears in a MenuItem. The default value is null.

Dependency Property Information

Identifier field	IconProperty
Metadata properties set to true	None

Remarks

Many Menu controls have more than just text in the MenuItem elements. Often there are icons, check marks, accelerators, and arrows to indicate submenus.

Examples

The following example creates a menu item with an icon.

XAML


<MenuItem Header="New">
  <MenuItem.Icon>
    <Image Source="data/cat.png"/>
  </MenuItem.Icon>
</MenuItem>

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows Server 8 Beta, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

MenuItem Class

System.Windows.Controls Namespace

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