How to get the item index of a Menustrip item

Question

Hi good day to all; 

Just want to ask on how to retrieve the index of selected item in the menustrip control, 

For example i have menustrip name "Object"

and have 3 items name "BALL","PIN", and "TOY"

I have variable int "Index" 

When I click "BALL" the value of "Index" variable must be their index

Answer 1

Handle the Click event of menu item and try this code:

   Index = ( (ToolStripItem)sender ).Owner.Items.IndexOf( (ToolStripItem)sender );

Answer 2

Hi Tin,

As far as I know, the menuitems are used as a single control, I'm afraid there is not a single event to achieve your purpose, that means you must write some code in each menuitem's click event, and you can use the code Viorel provided:

        int Index;

        private void TSMItemBALL_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Index = ((ToolStripItem)sender).Owner.Items.IndexOf((ToolStripItem)sender);
            textBox1.Text = Index.ToString();
        }

        private void TSMItemPIN_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Index = ((ToolStripItem)sender).Owner.Items.IndexOf((ToolStripItem)sender);
            textBox1.Text = Index.ToString();
        }

        private void TSMItemTOY_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Index = ((ToolStripItem)sender).Owner.Items.IndexOf((ToolStripItem)sender);
            textBox1.Text = Index.ToString();
        }

Hope this helps!

Best Regards,

Stanly

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Answer 3

Hi Tin,

So have you solved this problem now?

I think the above replies can provide you with a solution, have you tried them?

If so, hope you can close this thread by marking the reply as answer as this will help others looking for the same or similar issues down the road.

Best Regards,

Stanly

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Answer 4

Thank you Stanly you right i need to do it one by one,