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+title: "How to: Move ToolStripMenuItems"
+ms.date: "03/30/2017"
+helpviewer_keywords:
+  - "ToolStripMenuItems [Windows Forms], moving"
+  - "menus [Windows Forms], arranging items"
+  - "ToolStripMenuItems [Windows Forms], dragging and dropping"
+  - "menu items [Windows Forms], moving"
+  - "menu items [Windows Forms], cutting and pasting"
+  - "menu items [Windows Forms], dragging and dropping"
+  - "MenuStrip control [Windows Forms], arranging items"
+  - "ToolStripMenuItems [Windows Forms], cutting and pasting"
+ms.assetid: cab9e03e-4edd-4c25-b3e3-bd1edc602bd9
+---
+# How to: Move ToolStripMenuItems
+At design time, you can move entire top-level menus and their menu items to a different place on the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip>. You can also move individual menu items between top-level menus or change the position of menu items within a menu.
+
+## To move a top-level menu and its menu items to another top-level location
+
+1. Click and hold down the left mouse button on the menu that you want to move.
+
+2. Drag the insertion point to the top-level menu that is before the intended new location and release the left mouse button.
+
+     The selected menu moves to the right of the insertion point.
+
+## To move a top-level menu and its menu items to a drop-down location
+
+1. Left-click the menu that you want to move and press CTRL+X, or right-click the menu and select **Cut** from the shortcut menu.
+
+2. In the destination top-level menu, left-click the menu item above the intended new location and press CTRL+V, or right-click the menu item above the intended new location and select **Paste** from the shortcut menu.
+
+     The menu that you cut is inserted after the selected menu item.
+
+## To move a menu item within a menu using the Items Collection Editor
+
+1. Right-click the menu that contains the menu item you want to move.
+
+2. From the shortcut menu, choose **Edit DropDownItems**.
+
+3. In the **Items Collection Editor**, left-click the menu item you want to move.
+
+4. Click the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to move the menu item within the menu.
+
+5. Click **OK**.
+
+## To move a menu item within a menu using the keyboard
+
+1. Press and hold down the ALT key.
+
+2. Click and hold the left mouse button on the menu item that you want to move.
+
+3. Drag the menu item to the new location and release the left mouse button.
+
+## To move a menu item to another menu
+
+1. Left-click the menu item that you want to move and press CTRL+X, or right-click the menu item and choose **Cut** from the shortcut menu.
+
+2. Left-click the menu that will contain the menu item that you cut.
+
+3. Left-click the menu item that is before the intended new location and press CTRL+V, or right-click the menu item that is before the intended new location and select **Paste** from the shortcut menu.
+
+     The menu item that you cut is inserted after the selected menu item.
+
+## See also
+
+- <xref:System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip>
+- <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem>
+- [MenuStrip Control Overview](menustrip-control-overview-windows-forms.md)