Moving a menu in Visual C#

Question

I have a menu with the following structure (simplified for illustration purposes):

Menu Bar
 |--File
 |   |--Save
 |   |--Exit
 |--Tools
 |   |--Tool Category 1
 |   |--Tool Category 2
 |   |--Tool Category 3
 |--Help
     |--About

I want to reconstruct this as follows:

Menu Bar
 |--File
 |   |--Save
 |   |--Exit
 |--Tool Category 1
 |--Tool Category 2
 |--Tool Category 3
 |--Help
     |--About

However, in Visual Studio 2008 Pro it won't let me drag these menu items other than reorganize them within the particular menu group they are already in. Is there a way for me to move them without completely rebuilding the menu bar? Note that there are actually many more menu items than those that I've shown.

Answer 1

You can also go to the Designer Code for the Menu Items. You will find code similar to:

       this.mnuInfo.Items.AddRange(
          new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {
             this.mniAddNewProject,
             this.mniAddNewWorkFlow,      
             this.mniDeleteProject
          }
       );

Add the menu item into which you want to move your existing menu items and then modify then move the items.

       this.mnuInfo.Items.AddRange(
          new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {
             this.mniAddNewProject
          }
       );
       this.newMenuItem.Items.AddRange(
          new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {
             this.mniAddNewWorkFlow,      
             this.mniDeleteProject
          }
       );

And that's it. I hope this helps.