Menu removed if used as context menu

sheetalw wattamwar

On form i use menustrip. one menu from strip i have used as Context menu of listview .
But whenever i Rightclick on listview - to show context menu, that menu from Menustrip gets removed.

how can i keep manu on both places- on Menustrip and as context menu

Thanks.

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sheetalw wattamwar16y ago
Can anyone tell how to do cloning of Menu on MenuStrip. Cloning is possible if it is a object of MainMenu class....but not for Menustrip.....I m not able to understand the difference....and not able to achieve cloning.

Please help.
Sam Hobbs16y ago
The ContextMenu Property is designed for showing context menus. Windows is not always logical and sometimes when we try to do something in a manner different from Windows is designed to be used, things work or don't work in unexpected ways. Use the ContextMenu Property in the manner described by the documentation. See the sample in the ContextMenu Property documentation.
sheetalw wattamwar16y ago
Ohhh.. thanks for your response.

This is my code, please tell me another way so above problem will removed.

tpSeqListView is name of my listview control.
storiesMenu   is one of the manu name from Menu strip. - storiesMenu has other 5 submenu as New,Insert,InsertAfter,Edit,Close.

these subitems i want to show on rightclick on Listview. Hope u understand now.

private void tpSeqListView_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right)
            {
                ContextMenuStrip ctxMenuStrip = new ContextMenuStrip();
                ctxMenuStrip.Items.Add(storiesMenu );
                ctxMenuStrip.Show(tpSeqListView, e.Location);

             }
        }

when i run my application, storiesMenu item is shown on menustrip. After that if I rightclick storiesMenu is shown on listview but it gets removed from Menustrip until i run apllication once again.

I want to allow user to acces this menu in both ways.
Sam Hobbs16y ago
Based on the information provided, my guess is that there is something in your code that is doing that, or at least causing it. That is all I can say based on the information provided.