# Ribbon.ApplicationMenuItems Property

> Gets a collection of all items which are displayed on the Application Menu. Every ribbon includes an Application Menu as the first tab in the ribbon. Other ribbon tabs contain controls for working with the document content. In contrast, the Application Menu presents a menu of commands for working with the file. The collection can be used to add or remove items and to set item properties. The property value is an object of the type Windows.Forms.Ribbon.RibbonItemCollection.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 24.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon > Ribbon.ApplicationMenuItems Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbon/applicationmenuitems-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbon/applicationmenuitems-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbon/applicationmenuitems-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets a collection of all items which are displayed on the Application Menu. Every ribbon includes an Application Menu as the first tab in the ribbon. Other ribbon tabs contain controls for working with the document content. In contrast, the Application Menu presents a menu of commands for working with the file. The collection can be used to add or remove items and to set item properties. The property value is an object of the type [Windows.Forms.Ribbon.RibbonItemCollection](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonitemcollection/llms-full.txt).

### Syntax

```csharp
public RibbonItemCollection ApplicationMenuItems { get; }
```

```vbnet
Public ReadOnly Property ApplicationMenuItems As RibbonItemCollection
```

### Examples

The following example iterates through the application menu items collection and processes each control.

```csharp
foreach (System.Windows.Forms.Control control in ribbon.ApplicationMenuItems)
{
    control.Text = "Quarterly results";
}
```

```vbnet
For Each control As System.Windows.Forms.Control In ribbon.ApplicationMenuItems
    control.Text = "Quarterly results"
Next
```

### Limitations

Read only.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Ribbon.ApplicationMenuHelpPaneItems Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbon/applicationmenuhelppaneitems-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [Ribbon.Colors Class](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbon-colors/llms-full.txt)