--- title: "Menu" ms.date: "03/30/2017" f1_keywords: - "AutoGeneratedOrientationPage" helpviewer_keywords: - "Menu control [WPF]" - "controls [WPF], Menu" ms.assetid: 4317fb80-408c-47c7-9223-b29e4742c4ee --- # Menu A is a control that allows hierarchical organization of elements associated with commands or event handlers. Each can contain multiple controls. Each can invoke a command or invoke a `Click` event handler. A can also have multiple elements as children, forming a submenu. The following illustration shows the three different states of a menu control. The default state is when no device such as a mouse pointer is resting on the . The focus state occurs when the mouse pointer is hovering over the and pressed state occurs when a mouse button is clicked over the . ![Menu states](./media/ss-ctl-menu.gif "SS_CTL_menu") Menus in different states ## In This Section [Menu Overview](menu-overview.md) ## Reference ## Related Sections