Occurs when the user places the pointer over a menu item.
(in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Event Select As EventHandler
Dim instance As MenuItem
Dim handler As EventHandler
AddHandler instance.Select, handler
public event EventHandler Select
public:
event EventHandler^ Select {
void add (EventHandler^ value);
void remove (EventHandler^ value);
}
JScript does not support events.
This event is typically raised when the user places the mouse pointer over the menu item. The event can also be raised when the user highlights a menu item using the keyboard by scrolling to the menu item with the arrow keys. You can use this event to display a detailed help string pertaining to this menu item in an application's status bar. For more information about handling events, see Consuming Events.
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If the MenuItems property for the MenuItem contains any items, this event is not raised. This event is not raised for parent menu items. |
The following code example demonstrates how to use the Select event of the MenuItem class to assign help text to a StatusBarPanel of a StatusBar control. This example requires that MenuItem objects named menuOpen, menuSave, and menuExit are added to a MainMenu control on a form. The example also requires that a StatusBar control, named statusBar1 has been added to the form. The StatusBar control should contain a StatusBarPanel.
Private Sub MenuSelected(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles menuOpen.Select, menuExit.Select, menuSave.Select
If sender Is menuOpen Then
StatusBar1.Panels(0).Text = "Opens a file to edit"
Else
If sender Is menuSave Then
StatusBar1.Panels(0).Text = "Saves the current file"
Else
If sender Is menuExit Then
StatusBar1.Panels(0).Text = "Exits the application"
Else
StatusBar1.Panels(0).Text = "Ready"
End If
End If
End If
End Sub
private void MenuSelected(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
if (sender == menuOpen)
statusBar1.Panels[0].Text = "Opens a file to edit";
else if(sender == menuSave)
statusBar1.Panels[0].Text = "Saves the current file";
else if(sender == menuExit)
statusBar1.Panels[0].Text = "Exits the application";
else
statusBar1.Panels[0].Text = "Ready";
}
private:
void MenuSelected( Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{
if ( sender == menuOpen )
statusBar1->Panels[ 0 ]->Text = "Opens a file to edit";
else
if ( sender == menuSave )
statusBar1->Panels[ 0 ]->Text = "Saves the current file";
else
if ( sender == menuExit )
statusBar1->Panels[ 0 ]->Text = "Exits the application";
else
statusBar1->Panels[ 0 ]->Text = "Ready";
}
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
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.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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