When adding a Menu to a Window using a Grid, do I give the Menu its own row or do I use some kind of panel?

Question

I'm trying to understand how to add a Menu to my WPF XAML window. My window currently uses a Grid for content layout. I'd like to add a Menu at the top of the window, similar to how you usually see in WinForm applications.

I've looked around at examples, but none of the examples seem to explain the use a Grid. I see most examples using things like a StackPanel, or DockPanel.

Here's my current Window, with the Grid. Should I just give this Menu its own row, or do I need some sort of panel?

<Window>
    <Grid>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="1*" />
            <RowDefinition Height="3*" />
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="1*" />
            <ColumnDefinition Width="3*" />
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <Menu>
            <MenuItem Header="File" />
        </Menu>
        <GroupBox Header="Seasons" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.RowSpan="2">
            <DataGrid Name="lstSeasons" AutoGenerateColumns="False" IsReadOnly="True" HeadersVisibility="Column" ItemsSource="{Binding SeasonsCollectionView}">
                <DataGrid.Columns>
                    <DataGridTextColumn Header="Name" Width="*" Binding="{Binding Name}" />
                    <DataGridTextColumn Header="Division" Width="*" Binding="{Binding Division}" />
                </DataGrid.Columns>
            </DataGrid>
        </GroupBox>
    </Grid>
</Window>

Answer 1

You can add Menu to the main WPF layout Grid as shown in the following example:

<Menu Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.Row="0">
    <MenuItem Header="_File"/>
    <MenuItem Header="_Edit"/>
    <MenuItem Header="_Help"/>
</Menu>

You do not need any other container controls in order to complete this task. The screenshot of the actual WPF app using this Menu technique is shown here (notice the Menu Bar at the top of the app window): http://examn8.com

Hope this may help.