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NateShoffner
NateShoffner

Reputation: 16839

C# - Get Parent of ToolStripMenuItem

How can I determine the parent of a ToolStripMenuItem? With a normal MenuStrip all you have to do is use the Parent property, but it doesn't seem that ToolStripMenuItem has that property. I have a ToolStripDropDownButton that has a couple of ToolStripMenuItems and I'd like to be able to pinpoint the parent of those programatically.

Upvotes: 16

Views: 21906

Answers (5)

mtm
mtm

Reputation: 1

After searching many post to this question, I found that this worked for me:

ToolStripMenuItem mi = (ToolStripMenuItem)sender;
ToolStripMenuItem miOwnerItem = (ToolStripMenuItem)(mi.GetCurrentParent() as ToolStripDropDown).OwnerItem;

Upvotes: 0

xmen
xmen

Reputation: 1967

Here is what you looking for

private void ContextMenuStrip_Opening(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
{
    contextMenuStrip1.Tag = ((ContextMenuStrip)sender).OwnerItem;
}
private void ToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ToolStripMenuItem senderItem = (ToolStripMenuItem)sender;
    var ownerItem = (ToolStripMenuItem)((ContextMenuStrip)senderItem.Owner).Tag;
}

Upvotes: 0

rdongart
rdongart

Reputation: 400

This works for me:

ToolStripMenuItem menuItem = sender as ToolStripMenuItem;

ToolStrip toolStrip = menuItem.GetCurrentParent();

...from this, you can devise a method to bring you from a random ToolStripMenuItem to the top-most level such:

public static class ToolStripItemExtension
{
    public static ContextMenuStrip GetContextMenuStrip(this ToolStripItem item)
    {
        ToolStripItem itemCheck = item;            

        while (!(itemCheck.GetCurrentParent() is ContextMenuStrip) && itemCheck.GetCurrentParent() is ToolStripDropDown)
        {
            itemCheck = (itemCheck.GetCurrentParent() as ToolStripDropDown).OwnerItem;
        }

        return itemCheck.GetCurrentParent() as ContextMenuStrip;
    }
}

Upvotes: 6

Rikin Patel
Rikin Patel

Reputation: 9393

Try this.....

ToolStripMenuItem t = (ToolStripMenuItem)sender;
ContextMenuStrip s = (ContextMenuStrip)t.Owner;
MessageBox.Show(s.SourceControl.Name);

Upvotes: 4

Mark Hall
Mark Hall

Reputation: 54562

Try the OwnerItem property.

Upvotes: 27

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