[02/03] Mainmenu item alignment

[dani2]

Is it possible to have a menuitem right align in a mainmenu control.

I have a number of menuitems left align and I want the help menuitem to be separated from the others.
I use vs2005 but for some reasons I don't want to use the menustrip control.

thanks

[jmcilhinney]

Would you mind letting us know those reasons? Maybe it's not the case here but it wouldn't be the first time someone thought that they couldn't do something with a particular class that they actually could.

[dani2]

Would you mind letting us know those reasons? Maybe it's not the case here but it wouldn't be the first time someone thought that they couldn't do something with a particular class that they actually could.

Well, except this alignment problem the mainmenu control suits the application just fine and I have no reasons to convert all the menus and use a menustrip control. But if I cannot separate the Help menu from the others I will consider doing this.

[penagate]

I've never seen a menu item that was aligned in a non-standard manner. I think it would look rather unprofessional.

Separators are the usual method of keeping items apart.

[jmcilhinney]

I have seen an application with the Help menu aligned right and, while I wouldn't say it looked unprofessional, I will say that it looked and felt odd and offered no advantage. I would recommend sticking with what is considered a standard Windows UI layout. Consistency is a good thing.

[dani2]

You guys are probably right.
thanks