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title: "How to: Copy ToolStripMenuItems"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "menu items [Windows Forms], copying and pasting"
  - "MenuStrip control [Windows Forms], arranging items"
  - "ToolStripMenuItems [Windows Forms], copying and pasting"
ms.assetid: 17ef4207-e92e-4db2-b648-27246e6517ad
---
# How to: Copy ToolStripMenuItems
At design time, you can copy entire top-level menus and their submenu items to a different place on the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip>. You can also copy individual menu items between top-level menus or change the position of menu items within a menu.  
  
### To copy a top-level menu and its submenu items to another top-level location  
  
1. Left-click the menu that you want to copy and press CTRL+C, or right-click the menu and select **Copy** from the shortcut menu.  
  
2. Left-click the top-level menu that is after the intended new location and press CTRL+V, or right-click the top-level menu item that is before the intended new location and select **Paste** from the shortcut menu.  
  
     The menu that you copied is inserted before the selected top-level menu.  
  
### To copy a top-level menu and its submenu items to a drop-down location  
  
1. Left-click the menu that you want to move and press CTRL+C, or right-click the menu and select **Copy** from the shortcut menu.  
  
2. In the destination top-level menu, left-click the submenu item that is above the intended new location and press CTRL+V, or right-click the submenu item that is above the intended new location and select **Paste** from the shortcut menu.  
  
     The menu that you copied is inserted before the selected submenu item.  
  
### To copy a submenu item to another menu  
  
1. Left-click the submenu item that you want to copy and press CTRL+C, or right-click the submenu item and choose **Copy** from the shortcut menu.  
  
2. Left-click the menu that will contain the submenu item that you cut.  
  
3. Left-click the submenu item that is before the intended new location and press CTRL+V, or right-click the submenu item that is before the intended new location and select **Paste** from the shortcut menu.  
  
     The submenu item that you copied is inserted before the selected submenu item.  
  
## See also

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