disable menu

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win

I've already disabled of the menu but when I press <ALT>, it still can be
focusd.
How can i disable this?
Thanks
 
Hi Win,

The ToolStripItem class has a property called CanSelect. I use Reflector to
look into the ToolStripItem class and find that the CanSelect property
always returns true.

I think a workaround is to set the KeyPreview property of the form to true
and then handle the KeyDown event of the form to ignore the Alt key.

The following is a sample:

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Me.KeyPreview = True
End Sub

Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyDown
If (Me.MenuStrip1.Enabled = False And e.Alt = True) Then
e.Handled = True
End If
End Sub

Hope this helps.
If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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Hi Win,

How about the problem now?

If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.

Thank you for using our MSDN Managed Newsgroup Support Service!

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support
 
The problem still exist.
I have a MDI child window and it owns a menu.
I want to focus on the child's menu when I press <ALT>.
However the cursor focus to the parent's menu even when it has been
disabled.
 
Hi Win,

Thank you for your feedback!

I performed the following test:

1. Create a WinForm application project and it already contains a Form1 in
it.
2. Add a Form2 into this project.
3. Add two MenuStrips with some ToolStripMenuItems into Form1 and Form2
respectively.
4. Set the IsContainer property of the Form1 to true.
5. In the Form1's Load event handler, add the following code:

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Form2 frm = new Form2();
frm.MdiParent = this;
frm.Show();
}

Note that I don't disable either of the MenuStrips on the Form1 and Form2.

Build the project and run the application. When I press the "Alt" key,
neither of the MenuStrips on the Form1 and Form2 is focused.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support
 
Hi Win,

How about the problem now?

If the problem is still not solved, please feel free to let me know.

Thank you for using our MSDN Managed Newsgroup Support Service!

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support
 
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