Windows Forms: Context Menu Strip in C#

By FoxLearn 7/15/2017 5:47:22 PM   4.84K
How to use ContextMenuStrip in C# with right mouse click

Step 1Click New Project, then select Visual C# on the left, then Windows and then select Windows Forms Application. Name your project "ContextMenuStripExample" and then click OK

c# contextmenstrip

Step 2: Design your form as below

contextmenustrip c#

You need to drag a ContextMenuStrip control from the toolbox to your Form

contextmenustrip in c#

Step 3: Add code to handle your form

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace ContextMenuStripExample
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void backgroundToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            using(ColorDialog cd = new ColorDialog())
            {
                if (cd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
                    btnMessage.BackColor = cd.Color;
            }
        }

        private void foregroundToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //Open color dialog allows you to select color
            using (ColorDialog cd = new ColorDialog())
            {
                if (cd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
                    btnMessage.ForeColor = cd.Color;
            }
        }
    }
}

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