How to find the Parent Control of a ContextMenuStrip

Question

5.00/5 (1 vote)

See more:

Hi all,

My problem is that I have a contextmenustrip that is used by multiple buttons on a form and the contextmenustrip has contextmenustripitems, that call methods that customize the look of a button, for instance the font, fore and back colour.

The problem being is that I am trying to get the button that the contextmenustrip has been called on. The reason for this is so that I can then apply the colour or new font to the button that has had the contextmenustrip opened on, by supplying the current button the method that will make these changes, as an argument.

I don't really know how I would go about doing this so any help is much appreciated :)

Posted 21-Mar-10 9:23am

Walby

Updated 14-Nov-21 17:25pm

v3

Add a Solution

2 solutions

Solution 3

```
Dim ControlsName as string 
Private Sub ContextMenuStrip1_Opening(sender As Object, e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles ContextMenuStrip1.Opening

        ControlsName= ContextMenuStrip1.SourceControl.Name.ToString

End Sub

Posted 14-Nov-21 17:25pm

Member 12687638

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

DaveAuld · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-21T09:40:00

You can determine this from the SourceSource control property of the Context menu during the opening event.

This is the VB.net code, haven't checked for the C# equiv.

VB.NET

Private Sub ContextMenuStrip1_Opening(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles ContextMenuStrip1.Opening

    Debug.WriteLine(ContextMenuStrip1.SourceControl.ToString)

End Sub