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Menu.MenuItemCollection Class

.NET Framework 4

Represents a collection of MenuItem objects.

System.Object
  System.Windows.Forms.Menu.MenuItemCollection

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
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[ListBindableAttribute(false)]
public class MenuItemCollection : IList, 
	ICollection, IEnumerable

The Menu.MenuItemCollection type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method Menu.MenuItemCollection Initializes a new instance of the Menu.MenuItemCollection class.
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  Name Description
Public property Count Gets a value indicating the total number of MenuItem objects in the collection.
Public property IsReadOnly Gets a value indicating whether the collection is read-only.
Public property Item[Int32] Retrieves the MenuItem at the specified indexed location in the collection.
Public property Item[String] Gets an item with the specified key from the collection.
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  Name Description
Public method Add(MenuItem) Adds a previously created MenuItem to the end of the current menu.
Public method Add(String) Adds a new MenuItem, to the end of the current menu, with a specified caption.
Public method Add(Int32, MenuItem) Adds a previously created MenuItem at the specified index within the menu item collection.
Public method Add(String, EventHandler) Adds a new MenuItem to the end of the current menu with a specified caption and a specified event handler for the Click event.
Public method Add(String, MenuItem[]) Adds a new MenuItem to the end of this menu with the specified caption, Click event handler, and items.
Public method AddRange Adds an array of previously created MenuItem objects to the collection.
Public method Clear Removes all MenuItem objects from the menu item collection.
Public method Contains Determines if the specified MenuItem is a member of the collection.
Public method ContainsKey Determines whether the collection contains an item with the specified key.
Public method CopyTo Copies the entire collection into an existing array at a specified location within the array.
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Find Finds the items with the specified key, optionally searching the submenu items
Public method GetEnumerator Returns an enumerator that can be used to iterate through the menu item collection.
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method IndexOf Retrieves the index of a specific item in the collection.
Public method IndexOfKey Finds the index of the first occurrence of a menu item with the specified key.
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Remove Removes the specified MenuItem from the menu item collection.
Public method RemoveAt Removes a MenuItem from the menu item collection at a specified index.
Public method RemoveByKey Removes the menu item with the specified key from the collection.
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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  Name Description
Public Extension Method AsParallel Enables parallelization of a query. (Defined by ParallelEnumerable.)
Public Extension Method AsQueryable Converts an IEnumerable to an IQueryable. (Defined by Queryable.)
Public Extension Method Cast<TResult> Casts the elements of an IEnumerable to the specified type. (Defined by Enumerable.)
Public Extension Method OfType<TResult> Filters the elements of an IEnumerable based on a specified type. (Defined by Enumerable.)
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  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetation Private property ICollection.IsSynchronized Infrastructure. For a description of this member, see ICollection.IsSynchronized.
Explicit interface implemetation Private property ICollection.SyncRoot Infrastructure. For a description of this member, see ICollection.SyncRoot.
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IList.Add Infrastructure. For a description of this member, see IList.Add.
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IList.Contains Infrastructure. For a description of this member, see IList.Contains.
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IList.IndexOf Infrastructure. For a description of this member, see IList.IndexOf.
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IList.Insert Infrastructure. For a description of this member, see IList.Insert.
Explicit interface implemetation Private property IList.IsFixedSize Infrastructure. For a description of this member, see IList.IsFixedSize.
Explicit interface implemetation Private property IList.Item Infrastructure. For a description of this member, see IList.Item.
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IList.Remove Infrastructure. For a description of this member, see IList.Remove.
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This class represents the collection of MenuItem objects stored in a MainMenu, ContextMenu, or MenuItem. For the MainMenu and ContextMenu classes, this collection represents the entire menu structure for the control. For the MenuItem class, this collection represents the list of submenu items associated with the MenuItem.

The Add and Remove methods enable you to add and remove individual menu items from the collection. You can also use the Clear method to remove all the menu items from the collection.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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