Dynamically show that a side menu has been selected

Question

I have created a side menu in a WPF. Here is the xaml:

        <Rectangle VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Width="1" Margin="2" Stroke="Black" />
        <MenuItem Header="Remove Headers" Click="MenuItem_Click_RH" />
        <MenuItem Header="Get Headers" Click="MenuItem_Click_GH" />
        <MenuItem Header="Count Delimiters" Click="MenuItem_Click_CNTD" />
        <Separator Style="{StaticResource {x:Static ToolBar.SeparatorStyleKey}}" />
        <MenuItem Header="Close" Click="MenuItem_Click_Close" />
    </Menu>

Here is my click code:

        private void MenuItem_Click_CNTD(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            //***  Count Delimiters Menu Click  ***

            // ... Cast sender object.
            System.Windows.Controls.MenuItem item = sender as System.Windows.Controls.MenuItem;
            // ... Change Title of this window.
            Title = "Process " + item.Header + " Files";


            lblDCTitle.Content = "Process to get mumber of delimiters in a large file.";
            grdHeaderRows.Visibility = Visibility.Hidden;
            mnuSideMenu.Height = 360;
            grdMain.Height = 360;
            grdDelimiterCount.Height = 400;
            grdDelimiterCount.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
        }

This all works fine but I would like to highlight the menu item that was clicked. I cannot find code to do this. Anyone have any ideas?

Thank you

Answer 1

Thanks #Alexandru Turcan for your suggestion. I was able to do it this way, I do not have many menu items and this works perfectly for me. I put this code in each of my menu_click routines.

 miRH.Background = SystemColors.ControlDarkBrush;
 miGH.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(100, 232, 249, 246));
 miCD.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(100, 232, 249, 246));