MenuItem::DefaultItem Property

 

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the menu item is the default menu item.

Namespace:   System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

public:
property bool DefaultItem {
	bool get();
	void set(bool value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if the menu item is the default item in a menu; otherwise, false. The default is false.

The default menu item for a menu is boldfaced. When the user double-clicks a submenu that contains a default item, the default item is selected, and the submenu is closed. You can use the DefaultItem property to indicate, the default action that is expected in a menu or shortcut menu.

The following code example creates a menu item with two submenu items. The example sets menuItem2 as the default menu item using the DefaultItem property.

public:
   void CreateMyMenus()
   {
      MenuItem^ menuItem1 = gcnew MenuItem( "&File" );
      MenuItem^ menuItem2 = gcnew MenuItem( "&New" );
      MenuItem^ menuItem3 = gcnew MenuItem( "&Open" );
      // Make menuItem2 the default menu item.
      menuItem2->DefaultItem = true;
   }

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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