MenuItem.Enabled Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the menu item is enabled.

public:
 property bool Enabled { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

public bool Enabled { get; set; }

member this.Enabled : bool with get, set

Public Property Enabled As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if the menu item is enabled; otherwise, false. The default is true.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Popup event to determine whether MenuItem objects that provide support for cut, copy, and delete operations are enabled before the menu they are displayed in is shown. The example determines if textBox1, a TextBox control on the form, is enabled, has input focus, and has text selected before enabling the MenuItem objects. This example requires that three MenuItem objects are created named menuCut, menuCopy, and menuDelete have been created.

private:
   void PopupMyMenu( Object^ /*sender*/, System::EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
   {
      if ( !textBox1->Enabled || !textBox1->Focused || textBox1->SelectedText->Length == 0 )
      {
         menuCut->Enabled = false;
         menuCopy->Enabled = false;
         menuDelete->Enabled = false;
      }
      else
      {
         menuCut->Enabled = true;
         menuCopy->Enabled = true;
         menuDelete->Enabled = true;
      }
   }

private void PopupMyMenu(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
   if (!textBox1.Enabled || !textBox1.Focused ||
      textBox1.SelectedText.Length == 0)
   {
      menuCut.Enabled = false;
      menuCopy.Enabled = false;
      menuDelete.Enabled = false;
   }
   else
   {
      menuCut.Enabled = true;
      menuCopy.Enabled = true;
      menuDelete.Enabled = true;
   }
}

Private Sub PopupMyMenu(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles menuEdit.Popup
   If textBox1.Enabled = False OrElse textBox1.Focused = False OrElse textBox1.SelectedText.Length = 0 Then
      menuCut.Enabled = False
      menuCopy.Enabled = False
      menuDelete.Enabled = False
   Else
      menuCut.Enabled = True
      menuCopy.Enabled = True
      menuDelete.Enabled = True
   End If
End Sub

Remarks

A MenuItem that is disabled is displayed in a gray color to indicate its state. When a parent menu item is disabled, all submenu items are not displayed.