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How to get the current selected ContextMenuStripItem in a ContextMenuStrip

Hi all,

I am facing this problem. I have a ContextMenuStrip attached on a control. As I right click on that control the ContextMenuStrip appears. So far so good, but when I press down arrow key or up arrow key I am unable to find the current selected ContextMenuStripItem. I need to know which ContextMenuStripItem is currently selected when one presses the up arrow and down arrow.

Please help me in this.
Thanks in advance.

Thanks and regards,

pankbug2000 Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:19 AM

tried the following code and it seems to work...

Code Snippet

public Form1()
{

InitializeComponent();

this.contextMenuStrip1.Items.Add("First");

this.contextMenuStrip1.Items.Add("Second");
this.contextMenuStrip1.Items.Add("Third");

this.contextMenuStrip1.Opening += new CancelEventHandler(contextMenuStrip1_Opening);
}

void contextMenuStrip1_Opening(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
{

this.contextMenuStrip1.Items[1].Select();

}

hth,
Lior.

Lior Salem Thursday, August 07, 2008 11:56 AM

Hi all,

Finally I resolved the problem but now I am stuck with another. I am trying to set focus on a ContextMenuStripItem and since there is no such method, I am calling the method Select(). But this method is not working properly.

I want to show that ContextMenuStripItem as selected.

Thanks and regards,

pankbug2000 Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:59 PM