MenuItem Constructor (String^, EventHandler^)
Initializes a new instance of the class with a specified caption and event handler for the Click event of the menu item.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Parameters
- text
-
Type:
System::String^
The caption for the menu item.
- onClick
-
Type:
System::EventHandler^
The EventHandler that handles the Click event for this menu item.
When you specify a caption for your menu item with the text parameter, you can also specify an access key by placing an '&' before the character to be used as the access key. For example, to specify the "F" in "File" as an access key, you would specify the caption for the menu item as "&File". You can use this feature to provide keyboard navigation for your menus.
Setting the text parameter to "-" causes your menu item to be displayed as a separator (a horizontal line) rather than a standard menu item.
In addition, you can use this constructor to specify a delegate that will handle the Click event for the menu item being created. The EventHandler that you pass to this constructor must be configured to call an event handler that can handle the Click event. For more information on handling events, see Handling and Raising Events.
The following code example creates a MenuItem object with a specified caption and an EventHandler delegate connected to an event handler that will handle the Click event for the menu item.
public: void CreateMyMenuItem() { // Create an instance of MenuItem with caption and an event handler MenuItem^ menuItem1 = gcnew MenuItem( "&New",gcnew System::EventHandler( this, &Form1::MenuItem1_Click ) ); } private: // This method is an event handler for menuItem1 to use when connecting its event handler. void MenuItem1_Click( Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e ) { // Code goes here that handles the Click event. }
Available since 1.1