TToolButton.MenuItem Property

Specifies the menu item corresponding to the button.

Pascal

property MenuItem: TMenuItem;

C++

__property TMenuItem MenuItem;

Description

Use MenuItem to get or set the menu item corresponding to the button.

Note: To use the tool button as a menu item, the Style property must be tbsDropDown. If you are using multiple drop-down tool buttons, set the Grouped property to true.

C++ Examples:

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/*
To create a toolbar that corresponds to an existing menu:

1   Drop a ToolBar on the form and add a ToolButton for each
  top-level menu item you wish to create.
2   Set the MenuItem property of each ToolButton to correspond
  to the top level menu items.
3   Set the Grouped property of each ToolButton to true.
4   Clear the Menu property of the Form (if it is assigned)
5   Set the Visible property on the ToolBar and ToolButtons to
  true.
6   Set the ShowCaptions property on the ToolBar to true.
7   Set the MenuItem | Visible property of each ToolButton to
  true.
*/

Delphi Examples:

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{
To create a toolbar that corresponds to an existing menu:

1   Drop a ToolBar on the form and add a ToolButton for each top-level menu item you wish to create.
2   Set the MenuItem property of each ToolButton to correspond to the top level menu items.
3   Set the Grouped property of each ToolButton to true.
4   Clear the Menu property of the Form (if it is assigned)
5   Set the Visible property on the ToolBar and ToolButtons to true.
6   Set the ShowCaptions property on the ToolBar to true.
7   Set the MenuItem | Visible property of each ToolButton to true.
}