MenuItem.PerformClick Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Generates a Click event for the MenuItem, simulating a click by a user.

C#

public void PerformClick();

Examples

In this example you programmatically click a menu item by using the PerformClick method. First, you create a main menu (mainMenu1) and add to it two menu items, menuItem1 (File) and menuItem2 (Edit). You also use the Click event to send data to the event handler when a menu item is clicked. Then you use the PerformClick method to click the File menu item. When you start the application, the File menu item is activated, and a message box that contains the text "The File menu is clicked." appears on the screen. The example requires that you have created a Form named Form1.

C#

public void CreateMyMenu()
{
    // Create a main menu object.
    MainMenu mainMenu1 = new MainMenu();

    // Create empty menu item objects.
    MenuItem menuItem1 = new MenuItem();
    MenuItem menuItem2 = new MenuItem();

    // Set the caption of the menu items.
    menuItem1.Text = "&File";
    menuItem2.Text = "&Edit";

    // Add the menu items to the main menu.
    mainMenu1.MenuItems.Add(menuItem1);
    mainMenu1.MenuItems.Add(menuItem2);
    
    // Add functionality to the menu items. 
    menuItem1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.menuItem1_Click);
    menuItem2.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.menuItem2_Click);
    
    // Assign mainMenu1 to the form.
    this.Menu=mainMenu1;

    // Perform a click on the File menu item.
    menuItem1.PerformClick();
}

private void menuItem1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{	
    MessageBox.Show("You clicked the File menu.","The Event Information");		
}

private void menuItem2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    MessageBox.Show("You clicked the Edit menu.","The Event Information");		
}

Remarks

You can use this menu to activate a menu item through code without passing any event information. For example, if you want to activate a menu item based on an action that occurs in your application, you can call the PerformClick method for that MenuItem.

Applies to