MenuItem.Icon Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Controls

Assembly:: PresentationFramework.dll

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Gets or sets the icon that appears in a MenuItem.

public:
 property System::Object ^ Icon { System::Object ^ get(); void set(System::Object ^ value); };

[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
public object Icon { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
member this.Icon : obj with get, set

Public Property Icon As Object

Property Value

Object

The icon that appears in a MenuItem. The default value is null.

Attributes: BindableAttribute

Examples

The following example creates a menu item with an icon.

<MenuItem Header="New">
  <MenuItem.Icon>
    <Image Source="data/cat.png"/>
  </MenuItem.Icon>
</MenuItem>

Remarks

Many Menu controls have more than just text in the MenuItem elements. Often there are icons, check marks, accelerators, and arrows to indicate submenus.

Dependency Property Information

Item	Value
Identifier field	IconProperty
Metadata properties set to `true`	None

Applies to

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