Menus

Custom menus can be included in your Visual Basic application, which appear and behave just like the menus the user is familiar with in standard windows applications.

Scroll the Toolbox to find the Menustrip.

In Visual Studio, non visible objects are displayed in a separate pane in the IDE, clalled the component tray.

Click the menu in the form to add menu items.

Rearrange menu items by clicking and dragging the item.

In the text for the menu item, type an ampersand (&) before the letter you want to use with the Alt key to issue the command from the keyboard.

Select the menu item and highlight the word

In the properties window, find the Shortcut Key option

Use the drop down list box.

Select CTRL, Alt or Shift and the letter.