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How to: Copy ToolStripMenuItems

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At design time, you can copy entire top-level menus and their submenu items to a different place on the MenuStrip. You can also copy individual menu items between top-level menus or change the position of menu items within a menu.

To copy a top-level menu and its submenu items to another top-level ___location

  1. Left-click the menu that you want to copy and press CTRL+C, or right-click the menu and select Copy from the shortcut menu.

  2. Left-click the top-level menu that is after the intended new ___location and press CTRL+V, or right-click the top-level menu item that is before the intended new ___location and select Paste from the shortcut menu.

    The menu that you copied is inserted before the selected top-level menu.

To copy a top-level menu and its submenu items to a drop-down ___location

  1. Left-click the menu that you want to move and press CTRL+C, or right-click the menu and select Copy from the shortcut menu.

  2. In the destination top-level menu, left-click the submenu item that is above the intended new ___location and press CTRL+V, or right-click the submenu item that is above the intended new ___location and select Paste from the shortcut menu.

    The menu that you copied is inserted before the selected submenu item.

To copy a submenu item to another menu

  1. Left-click the submenu item that you want to copy and press CTRL+C, or right-click the submenu item and choose Copy from the shortcut menu.

  2. Left-click the menu that will contain the submenu item that you cut.

  3. Left-click the submenu item that is before the intended new ___location and press CTRL+V, or right-click the submenu item that is before the intended new ___location and select Paste from the shortcut menu.

    The submenu item that you copied is inserted before the selected submenu item.

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