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title: "Menu Strip Control in VB.Net"  
description: "MenuStrip provides a menu system for a form.  Creating MenuStrip ControlDrag and drop MenuStrip control from the toolbox on the window Form.Insert t"  
author: "John Smith"  
published: 2010-12-14  
updated: 2020-03-04  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/306/menu-strip-control-in-vb-dot-net  
category: "vb.net"  
tags: ["vb.net"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Menu Strip Control in VB.Net

MenuStrip provides a menu system for a form.\

## Creating MenuStrip Control

[Drag and drop](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/454/how-to-drag-and-drop-multiple-image-from-one-canvas-to-onther-canvas-in-html5) MenuStrip [control from the toolbox](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12007/language-integrated-query-linq-queries) on the [window Form](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/527/how-to-pass-datagridview-s-cells-value-to-another-window-form).

![MenuStrip Control in VB.Net](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/0492ea4b-2707-4c78-a850-5c86e8ff9b0d/images/931b0f71-c154-4981-b68b-d97510c7a2c4.png)

![MenuStrip Control in VB.Net](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/0492ea4b-2707-4c78-a850-5c86e8ff9b0d/images/bab06722-16f1-4522-95ea-1cbff78aeffd.png)

[Insert text](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95136/how-do-you-insert-text-in-a-pdf-file) in the MenuStrip which you want to display as the menu.

![MenuStrip Control in VB.Net](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/0492ea4b-2707-4c78-a850-5c86e8ff9b0d/images/52402b0d-d457-44da-87b1-a9bc9ea0d020.png)

![MenuStrip Control in VB.Net](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/0492ea4b-2707-4c78-a850-5c86e8ff9b0d/images/bc8e8ee8-a3ae-4be5-9dbc-cd5cee505796.png)

When you click the [database](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/71/how-to-create-xml-file-of-database-in-c-sharp) then the database menu will open and when the mouse is over the [Programming language](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/332896/top-5-programming-languages-for-ios-app-development) then Programming language menu will open.

![MenuStrip Control in VB.Net](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/0492ea4b-2707-4c78-a850-5c86e8ff9b0d/images/40277429-afcd-4562-8d7d-27bc6a336cc3.png)

**Positioning a MenuStrip:** we can set the Position of MenuStrip through Dock [property](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/198559/an-ownership-of-property-in-hua-hin)

```
Private Sub Form31_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load         'Positioning a MenuStrip to left         MenuStrip1.Dock = DockStyle.LeftEnd Sub
```

![MenuStrip Control in VB.Net](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/0492ea4b-2707-4c78-a850-5c86e8ff9b0d/images/61227213-b123-4f12-b3e3-69126273d60f.png)

**MenuStrip [properties](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81845/now-it-s-possible-to-predict-properties-of-any-molecule)**

**GripStyle:** Gets or sets the [visibility](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/301300/how-to-improve-your-visibility-in-zero-click-search-results) of the grip used to reposition the control.

**GripMargin :** Gets or sets the space around the ToolStrip move handle.

**The AutoSize:** Where the Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control is automatically resized to display its entire contents.

**The AllowMerge:** Here Gets or sets a value indicating whether multiple MenuStrip can be combined.

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