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ClForms.Elements.Menu.MainMenu
Represents the menu structure of a window

public class MainMenu: Control, IElementStyle<MainMenu>

Inheritance Control -> MainMenu
Derived IElementStyle<MainMenu>

The following code example instantiates and creates a MainMenu and some MenuItems with specified Text property and OnClick event

var mainMenu1 = new MainMenu();

var paramItem = new MenuItem("Window");

var maxParamItem = new MenuItem("Maximized");
maxParamItem.Tag = ControlState.Maximized;
maxParamItem.OnClick += WindowStateChangedClick;
paramItem.Items.Add(maxParamItem);

paramItem.Items.Add(new SeparatorMenuItem());

var exitItem = new MenuItem("Exit");
exitItem.OnClick += ExitClick;
paramItem.Items.Add(exitItem);
mainMenu1.Items.Add(paramItem);

this.MainMenu = mainMenu1;

…
private void WindowStateChangedClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (sender is MenuItem targetMenuItem)
    {
        targetWindow.WindowState = (ControlState) targetMenuItem.Tag;
    }
}
…
private void ExitClick(object sender, EventArgs e) => this.Close();
…

You can find more examples of using the CheckBoxGroup in this project

The MainMenu control represents the container for the menu structure of a form. A menu is composed of MenuItem objects that represent the individual menu commands in the menu structure. Each MenuItem can be a command for your application or a parent menu for other submenu items. To bind the MainMenu to the Window that will display it, assign the MainMenu to the MainMenu property of the Window.
The MenuItem class provides properties that enable you to configure the appearance and functionality of a menu item. To display a check mark next to a menu item, use the Checked property. You can use this feature to identify a menu item that is selected in a list of mutually exclusive menu items. For example, if you have a set of menu items for setting the color of text in a TextBox control, you can use the Checked property to identify which color is currently selected. The Shortcut property can be used to define a keyboard combination that can be pressed to select the menu item.