Add Right Click Menu to an Item in C#

Muhammad Zeeshan Sep 26, 2022

Csharp Csharp GUI

This article will discuss adding a right-click menu to an item in a C# windows form.

Use `ContextMenuStrip` in `C#`

Follow the below steps to add a ContextMenuStrip into windows form and to add its item.

Open Visual Studio and create or open an existing Windows Form project.
Go to View > ToolBox and enter ContextMenuStrip in search of ToolBox.
Double click on ContextMenuStrip in ToolBox.
It will add ContextMenuStrip on your form, as shown below.
Now, right-click on the ContextMenuStrip and click on the properties.
In the right-down properties panel, find Items and click on the three-dot option.
Now, click the Add button to add items, as I added three items below.
Create items Events by double-clicking on each item.
Right click on Windows form > properties and set ContextMenuStrip property as contextMenuStrip1.

After creating events where you’ll write your logic, I’ll leave it blank so you can write your code here.

private void toolStripMenuItem1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {

}
private void toolStripMenuItem2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {

}
private void exitToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {

}

Window Form Source Code:

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

    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {

    }

    private void toolStripMenuItem1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {

    }

    private void toolStripMenuItem2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {

    }

    private void exitToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
        Application.Exit();
    }
  }
}

Output:

Add Right Click Menu to an Item

Author: Muhammad Zeeshan

I have been working as a Flutter app developer for a year now. Firebase and SQLite have been crucial in the development of my android apps. I have experience with C#, Windows Form Based C#, C, Java, PHP on WampServer, and HTML/CSS on MYSQL, and I have authored articles on their theory and issue solving. I'm a senior in an undergraduate program for a bachelor's degree in Information Technology.

Add Right Click Menu to an Item in C#

Use `ContextMenuStrip` in `C#`

Open Visual Studio and create or open an existing `Windows Form` project.

Go to `View > ToolBox` and enter `ContextMenuStrip` in search of ToolBox.

Double click on `ContextMenuStrip` in ToolBox.

It will add `ContextMenuStrip` on your form, as shown below.

Now, right-click on the `ContextMenuStrip` and click on the properties.

In the right-down properties panel, find `Items` and click on the three-dot option.

Now, click the `Add` button to add items, as I added three items below.

Create items `Events` by double-clicking on each item.

Right click on `Windows form` > `properties` and set `ContextMenuStrip` property as `contextMenuStrip1`.

After creating events where you’ll write your logic, I’ll leave it blank so you can write your code here.

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Use ContextMenuStrip in C#

Open Visual Studio and create or open an existing Windows Form project.

Go to View > ToolBox and enter ContextMenuStrip in search of ToolBox.

Double click on ContextMenuStrip in ToolBox.

It will add ContextMenuStrip on your form, as shown below.

Now, right-click on the ContextMenuStrip and click on the properties.

In the right-down properties panel, find Items and click on the three-dot option.

Now, click the Add button to add items, as I added three items below.

Create items Events by double-clicking on each item.

Right click on Windows form > properties and set ContextMenuStrip property as contextMenuStrip1.

After creating events where you’ll write your logic, I’ll leave it blank so you can write your code here.

Related Article - Csharp GUI

Use `ContextMenuStrip` in `C#`

Open Visual Studio and create or open an existing `Windows Form` project.

Go to `View > ToolBox` and enter `ContextMenuStrip` in search of ToolBox.

Double click on `ContextMenuStrip` in ToolBox.

It will add `ContextMenuStrip` on your form, as shown below.

Now, right-click on the `ContextMenuStrip` and click on the properties.

In the right-down properties panel, find `Items` and click on the three-dot option.

Now, click the `Add` button to add items, as I added three items below.

Create items `Events` by double-clicking on each item.

Right click on `Windows form` > `properties` and set `ContextMenuStrip` property as `contextMenuStrip1`.