Sharing MenuStrip between Forms

Question

I have a question a litle bit connected with this one: How to create navigation inside program Form - noob alert again.

I'm trying to create a navigation inside c# program like a dynamic dropdown menu on website. I'm using diferent C# Forms like each and every one one was a different webpage with content.

Is is posible to share menustrip with navigation between Forms? (simplest web similarity: include('menu.php') - put everything into one file I inlcude on every webpage )

Otherwise it would require to copy menustrip to each new Form (then MenuStrip changes, and then what? Copy them again ? :) )

Answer 1

You can do it via joining tabs with Srip Meni like this:

//make tabs invisible (so you wont see them changing)
private void HideAllTabsOnTabControl(TabControl theTabControl)
{
    theTabControl.Appearance = TabAppearance.FlatButtons;
    theTabControl.ItemSize = new Size(0, 1);
    theTabControl.SizeMode = TabSizeMode.Fixed;
}

//hide all tabs
private void hide_all_tabs() {
    Tab_content.TabPages.Remove(tabPage1);
    Tab_content.TabPages.Remove(tabPage2);
    Tab_content.TabPages.Remove(tabPage3);
    Tab_content.TabPages.Remove(tabPage4);
}
private void materiałyQCToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    hide_all_tabs(); //hide everything
    Tab_content.TabPages.Add(tabPage1); //schow just first tab
}
private void analizatoryQCToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    hide_all_tabs();
    Tab_content.TabPages.Add(tabPage2);
}
private void QCzDzisiajToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    hide_all_tabs();
    Tab_content.TabPages.Add(tabPage3);
}
private void standlabToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    hide_all_tabs();
    Tab_content.TabPages.Add(tabPage4);
}