Visual studio - how to add existing context menu to menu bar?

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I am using Visual Studio 2019.
I have problems with customizing the Visual Studio IDE interface. What i want to do is create a top-level menu and instead of adding commands one-by-one i want to move (or copy) existing popup that is located in some other menu tab.
But there is no option "Add existing popup (context menu)"!!

Is it possible to copy/move context menus like this?

Customize menus window - screenshot
What i want to achieve

What I have tried:

Google search
Figuring it out by myself

Posted 23-Sep-22 19:09pm

Avtem

Updated 23-Sep-22 22:44pm

RickZeeland

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RickZeeland · Answer 1 · 2022-09-23T22:22:00

Solution 1

In the forms designer you can use cut and paste for a MenuStrip.
Tested this in VS2022, but I think it works in VS2019 too.

Posted 23-Sep-22 22:22pm

RickZeeland

Updated 23-Sep-22 22:24pm

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Avtem 24-Sep-22 4:24am

Isn't Form designer a tool that is used to create code?

P.S. the topic is about IDE settings, there is no programming involved

RickZeeland 24-Sep-22 4:26am

Just double click on a form and it will open in the designer.
But if you do thing programmatically you can not use the designer I'm afraid.

Avtem 24-Sep-22 4:29am

What is a "form"?

RickZeeland 24-Sep-22 4:34am

A form is a Windows form with all kinds of controls like menu's, buttons etc.
But now I understand what you are trying to do, you want to modify the Visual Studio IDE, can not offer any help on that I'm afraid.

Avtem 24-Sep-22 4:34am

Sorry, i think you misunderstood my post. i do not implement an IDE myself. It's about changing Visual Studio settings