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Version: 11.0.0

Native Menu

The native menu can display a menu on macOS and some Linux distributions.

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This control can only be used attached to a tray icon. For full details about the tray icon, see the reference here.

You can create sub-menus by nesting <MenuItem> elements.

You can add menu separator lines by including a <NativeMenuItemSeparator> element or by adding a menu item with its header set to the minus sign, like this:

<NativeMenuItemSeparator Header="-" />

Useful Properties​

You will probably use these properties most often:

PropertyDescription
HeaderThe menu caption.
CommandA command to execute when the user clicks the menu item.

Example​

This example defines a native menu that can be attached to a tray icon:

<NativeMenu>
  <NativeMenuItem Header="Settings">
    <NativeMenu>
      <NativeMenuItem Header="Option 1"   />
      <NativeMenuItem Header="Option 2"   />
      <NativeMenuItemSeparator />
      <NativeMenuItem Header="Option 3"  />
    </NativeMenu>
  </NativeMenuItem>
</NativeMenu>

More Information​

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For the complete API documentation about this control, see here.

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View the source code on GitHub NativeMenu.cs