MenuItem.IsHighlighted Property (System.Windows.Controls)

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MenuItem..::.IsHighlighted Property

Gets a value that indicates whether a MenuItem is highlighted. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public ReadOnly Property IsHighlighted As Boolean

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As MenuItem
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.IsHighlighted

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public bool IsHighlighted { get; }

Visual C++

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property bool IsHighlighted {
    bool get ();
}

JScript

public function get IsHighlighted () : boolean

XAML

You cannot set this property in XAML.

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true if a MenuItem is highlighted; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Dependency Property Information

Identifier field	IsHighlightedProperty
Metadata properties set to true	None

Remarks

Starting with the .NET Framework version 3.0 Service Pack 1, the IsHighlighted property has a protected setter. To use this functionality, your application should target the .NET Framework version 3.5. For more information, see .NET Framework 3.5 Architecture.

Examples

The following example shows how to determine whether a menu item is highlighted.

private void Highlight(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    if (item1.IsHighlighted == true)
    {
        hlbtn.Content = "Item is highlighted.";
    }
}

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0

Reference

MenuItem Class

MenuItem Members

System.Windows.Controls Namespace

Other Resources

Read-Only Dependency Properties