How do I bold a single menu item?

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   As a long-time Windows user, I don't think I have ever thought about double-clicking a menu title in order to perform the action of a "default" menu item.  It doesn't seem like having a default menu item is normal behavior for a program (I haven't found one yet that implements this).  I'm not too worried about this in my program so I can live with using the default item option in order to bold a single menu item.   

I also found the loophole for having more than one default item.  It seems that double-clicking will execute the first visible default item.  I thought I could disable the double-click by by having the first default menu item being a invisible option that doesn't do anything but it wasn't fooled. 

Make that two votes for having a font property for each menu item.

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nighthawk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 June 2004 Status: Offline Points: 167	Post Options Post Reply Quote nighthawk Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: How do I bold a single menu item? Posted: 28 December 2007 at 6:57pm
	As a long-time Windows user, I don't think I have ever thought about double-clicking a menu title in order to perform the action of a "default" menu item. It doesn't seem like having a default menu item is normal behavior for a program (I haven't found one yet that implements this). I'm not too worried about this in my program so I can live with using the default item option in order to bold a single menu item. I also found the loophole for having more than one default item. It seems that double-clicking will execute the first visible default item. I thought I could disable the double-click by by having the first default menu item being a invisible option that doesn't do anything but it wasn't fooled. Make that two votes for having a font property for each menu item.

joeliner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 09 June 2006 Status: Offline Points: 273	Post Options Post Reply Quote joeliner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 December 2007 at 9:26am
	seems i can also have two default items in a menu items list, which to me(according to marc's explanation) can be a loop hole. guess we shud have specific property for font :)

gaudetm Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 September 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 134	Post Options Post Reply Quote gaudetm Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 December 2007 at 5:58pm
	but don't forget that this make the menuitem default one meaning that if i clic on the menu title twice then this is the menuitem that would be clicked. Marc

nighthawk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 June 2004 Status: Offline Points: 167	Post Options Post Reply Quote nighthawk Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 December 2007 at 1:11pm
	That looks like it will work. Thanks!

joeliner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 09 June 2006 Status: Offline Points: 273	Post Options Post Reply Quote joeliner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 December 2007 at 4:21am
	Hi, Control.DefaultItem = True

nighthawk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 June 2004 Status: Offline Points: 167	Post Options Post Reply Quote nighthawk Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 December 2007 at 2:57pm
	How do I bold a single menu item? I know how to control the font for the whole CommandBars object but I want to control the font for a single menu item. I want this item to stand out and I figured bolding it would work well but there are no font controls for individual menu items.