---
title: "How to: Provide Standard Menu Items to a Form"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
dev_langs: 
  - "csharp"
  - "vb"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "toolbars [Windows Forms]"
  - "menu items [Windows Forms], standard"
  - "ToolStrip control [Windows Forms]"
ms.assetid: 75db9126-e70c-4e81-921d-b83c0a4a9f50
---
# How to: Provide Standard Menu Items to a Form
You can provide a standard menu for your forms with the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip> control.  
  
 There is extensive support for this feature in Visual Studio.  
  
 Also see [Walkthrough: Providing Standard Menu Items to a Form](walkthrough-providing-standard-menu-items-to-a-form.md).  
  
## Example  
 The following code example demonstrates how to use a <xref:System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip> control to create a form with a standard menu. Menu item selections are displayed in a <xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip> control.  
  
 [!code-csharp[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.StandardMenu#1](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Winforms/System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.StandardMenu/CS/Form1.cs#1)]
 [!code-vb[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.StandardMenu#1](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Winforms/System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.StandardMenu/VB/Form1.vb#1)]  
  
## Compiling the Code  
 This example requires:  
  
- References to the System, System.Drawing and System.Windows.Forms assemblies.  
  
## See also

- <xref:System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip>
- <xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip>
- <xref:System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip>
- [MenuStrip Control](menustrip-control-windows-forms.md)