# WinForms ContextMenu Overview

To add context menus in your application, you can use **RadContextMenu**. The control is a non-visual component that sits in the component tray located below the form design surface. **RadContextMenu**, like **RadMenu**, can be themed and has **Items** collection that accepts **RadMenuItem**, **RadMenuComboBoxItem**, **RadMenuSeparatorItem** and **RadMenuContextItem**. You can subscribe to the **Click** event of each menu item and execute the desired logic.

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> caption Figure 1: RadContextMenu

![WinForms RadContextMenu Overview](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/a31d8bd38a87325b495d7914c74aa90a/menus-context-menu-getting-started001.png)

There are two ways to attach a context menu to a given control or portion of a control:

* For those **RadControls** that have a **ContextMenu** or **RadContextMenu** properties you can assign the **RadContextMenu** in the designer or in code.

#### Assigning a RadContextMenu

```C#
radTreeView1.Nodes[0].ContextMenu = radContextMenu1;
```

```VB.NET
RadTreeView1.Nodes(0).ContextMenu = RadContextMenu1
```

> important The **ContextMenuStrip** property refers to a Windows standard control. This property drop down will not display **RadMenu** or **RadContextMenu** components that exist on the form.

* Handle the mouse down event for the control that requires the context menu and call the RadContextMenu.**Show()** method.

#### Handling the MouseDown event

```C#
void radCalendar1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right)
    {
        Point p = (sender as Control).PointToScreen(e.Location);
        radContextMenu1.Show(p.X, p.Y);
    }
}
```

```VB.NET
Private Sub radCalendar1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MouseEventArgs)
    If e.Button = MouseButtons.Right Then
        Dim p As Point = (TryCast(sender, Control)).PointToScreen(e.Location)
        RadContextMenu1.Show(p.X, p.Y)
    End If
End Sub
```

## Telerik UI for WinForms Learning Resources

* [Telerik UI for WinForms ContextMenu Homepage](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/contextmenu.aspx)
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## See Also

* [Assign RadContextMenu to Telerik and non-Telerik controls](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/menus/contextmenu/assign-radcontextmenu-to-telerik-and-non-telerik-controls)