Using Menus
An essential component of the Windows user interface is the use of menus. Menus that are typically located in the top of the application window allow a context-sensitive user interaction mechanism for a broader functionality. Menus are typically hierarchical, and the menu hierarchies provide the user a large number of possible actions in a very compact user interface. Adding a menu to Windows Forms is as simple as setting the Menu property to a MainMenu object (Listing 7.7, Figure 7.11). The MainMenu instance itself can contain a hierarchy of MenuItem instances. MenuItem can have a set of event handlers assigned to provide the required user interaction. Also note that menu items that contain the ampersand (&) character also have an ...
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