Finding submenus in file menu

That seems to be a good idea.

To achieve this, use the form reference to iterate over the Controls property. Find the control which is of MenuStrip type. ( I hope you are using MenStrip in winforms)

After getting the MenuStrip object you can use the Items property which are the top level menu items like File, Edit etc. Get the File item by searching using the text. Once you get the File item, cast it to ToolStripMenuItem and use the DropDown.Items property to get all sub menus.

MenuStrip menuStrip = this.Controls.Cast().Where(c => (c is MenuStrip)).FirstOrDefault() as MenuStrip;

if (menuStrip != null)

{

ToolStripMenuItem menuItem = menuStrip.Items.Cast().Where(mi => mi.Text.Replace("&", string.Empty).ToLower() == "file").FirstOrDefault() as ToolStripMenuItem;

foreach (ToolStripItem item in menuItem.DropDown.Items)

MessageBox.Show(item.Text);

}

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Jean Paul15y ago
That seems to be a good idea.

To achieve this, use the form reference to iterate over the Controls property. Find the control which is of MenuStrip type. ( I hope you are using MenStrip in winforms)

After getting the MenuStrip object you can use the Items property which are the top level menu items like File, Edit etc. Get the File item by searching using the text. Once you get the File item, cast it to ToolStripMenuItem and use the DropDown.Items property to get all sub menus.

MenuStrip menuStrip = this.Controls.Cast().Where(c => (c is MenuStrip)).FirstOrDefault() as MenuStrip;
if (menuStrip != null)
{
ToolStripMenuItem menuItem = menuStrip.Items.Cast().Where(mi => mi.Text.Replace("&", string.Empty).ToLower() == "file").FirstOrDefault() as ToolStripMenuItem;
foreach (ToolStripItem item in menuItem.DropDown.Items)
MessageBox.Show(item.Text);
}