Start Menu Items and their click events

[Robert LeGood]

Hi all,

A very annoying issue that I hope I can get some help on.   When I create Start Menu items and respond to their click events, if I have breakpoints in my code, the start menu sits on top of VS.

Not a huge issue, except that it sits over most of the menu items, so if there's a crash, I can't hit the button to force the app to stop.

Is there a way to force the start menu to close *before* it executes the event?

Thanks!

Rob.

[Ivan Todorov]

Hello Robert,

Thank you for contacting us.

The popup is remaining visible because there is a fade animation when it is closed and when you hit a break point, the animation has not yet been finished. To overcome the issue, you can disable the animations of the application menu:

public Form1()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    this.radApplicationMenu1.DropDownButtonElement.DropDownMenu.AnimationEnabled = false;
}

Assuming that you would only need to disable the animations when the application is in debug mode, you can surround this setting with #if DEBUG directive.

I hope I was able to help. If you have any additional questions, feel free to ask.

Greetings,
Ivan Todorov
the Telerik team