The CheckMenuItem SmartItem is one of the preferred SmartItems for the SmartMenuBar SmartControl and is designed to be used as a checkbox menu item.  

Although the CheckMenuItem SmartItem is one of the SmartMenuBar's preferred SmartItems, it can also be used with any other SmartControl.

Preferred sibling SmartItems

The following table provides a list of the preferred sibling SmartItems: 

Things you should consider

• Do you want to check the CheckMenuItem? Set its Checked property to true. 

• Do you want to group various CheckMenuItems together? Set their Grouped property to true. All consecutive CheckMenuItems whose Grouped property is set to true will have the same behavior as a radio button. 

• Do you want a menu item to be hidden when it is not commonly used? Set its OnlyInExtendMode property to true. 

• Do you want to prevent a SmartItem from being selected? Set its CanBeSelected property to false. 

• Do you want to display an image? Set the item's Image or ImageIndex property.