Items Property (Menu Controls)

Applies to TestComplete 15.45, last modified on December 01, 2022

Description

The Menu.Items property returns a MenuItem object that provides access to the menu item specified by its index. The total number of items in the menu is specified by the Count property.

Declaration

TestObj.Items(Item)

Read-Only Property A MenuItem object
TestObj A variable, parameter or expression that specifies a reference to one of the objects listed in the Applies To section
Item [in]    Required    Variant    

Applies To

The property is applied to the following object:

View Mode

To view this property in the Object Browser panel and in other panels and dialogs, activate the Advanced view mode.

Parameters

The property has the following parameter:

Item

Specifies the item you want to get. An item can be specified by its name or index in the menu:

Log.Message ( w.MainMenu.Items("File").Caption )

Log.Message ( w.MainMenu.Items(0).Caption )

The index is zero-based, that is, the first item has an index of 0, the second - 1, and so on. The index of the last item is Count - 1.

If you specify an item by its name, TestComplete will treat this name as case-sensitive or case-insensitive according to the Use case-sensitive parameters project property. You can use wildcards (* and ?) in item names, where the asterisk corresponds to a string of any length and the question mark - to any single character.

An item name should not include a special character that is used to create an access key for that item. To specify an access key, developers typically insert an ampersand before the desired character in the item name. So, an ampersand is one of these special characters. Another special character is an underscore. It is used to specify access keys for WPF menu items. So, if you are working with WPF menus, you should specify item names that do not include these “special” characters. Typically, only the first found ampersand or underscore is treated as a special character. The other ampersands and underscores are treated as ordinary characters.

Property Value

A MenuItem object that provides scripting interface to the desired menu item.

Remarks

If you use Python or DelphiScript, you should enclose the parameter of the Items property in square brackets: Items[Item].

Separators are also treated as menu items.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to obtain a menu item by its caption.

JavaScript, JScript

function MenuSample()
{
  // Obtains the Notepad main menu
  var MainMenu = Sys.Process("Notepad").Window("Notepad", "*").MainMenu;

  // Obtains a menu item by its caption
  var Item = MainMenu.Items("File")

}

Python

def MenuSample():
  # Obtains the Notepad main menu 
  MainMenu = Sys.Process("Notepad").Window("Notepad", "*").MainMenu
  # Obtains a menu item by its caption 
  Item = MainMenu.Items["File"]

VBScript

Sub MenuSample

  ' Obtains the Notepad main menu
  Set MainMenu = Sys.Process("Notepad").Window("Notepad", "*").MainMenu

  ' Obtains a menu item by its caption
  Set Item = MainMenu.Items("File")

End Sub

DelphiScript

procedure MenuSample();
var Mainmenu, Item;
begin
  // Obtains the Notepad main menu
  MainMenu := Sys.Process('Notepad').Window('Notepad', '*').MainMenu;

  // Obtains a menu item by its caption
  Item := MainMenu.Items('File')

end;

C++Script, C#Script

function MenuSample()
{
  // Obtains the Notepad main menu
  var MainMenu = Sys["Process"]("Notepad")["Window"]("Notepad", "*")["MainMenu"];

  // Obtains a menu item by its caption
  var Item = MainMenu["Items"]("File")

}

See Also

Addressing Menu Items in Desktop Windows Applications
Count Property (Menu Controls)
Check Action (Menu Controls)
Click Action (Menu Controls)
Close Action (Menu Controls)
Select Action (Menu Controls)

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