WPF setting a MenuItem.Icon in code

Question

I have an images folder with a png in it. I would like to set a MenuItem's icon to that png. How do I write this in procedural code?

Answer 1

menuItem.Icon = new BitmapImage(new Uri("images/sample.png", UriKind.Relative));

Answer 2

<MenuItem>
    <MenuItem.Icon>
        <Image>
            <Image.Source>
                <BitmapImage UriSource="/your_assembly;component/yourpath/Image.png" />
            </Image.Source>
        <Image>
    </MenuItem.Icon>
</MenuItem>

Just make sure your image in also included in the project file and marked as resource, and you are good to go :)

Answer 3

This is how I used it (this way it dont need to be built into the assembly):

MenuItem item = new MenuItem();
string imagePath = "D:\\Images\\Icon.png");
Image icon = new Image();
icon.Source= new BitmapImage(new Uri(imagePath, UriKind.Absolute));
item.Icon = icon;

Answer 4

Arcturus's answer is good because it means you have the image file in your project rather than an independant folder.

So, in code that becomes...

menutItem.Icon = new Image
     {
  Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri("pack://application:,,,/your_assembly;component/yourpath/Image.png"))
     }

Answer 5

This is a valid XAML example (requires an extra Image section)

<MenuItem.Icon>
    <Image>
        <Image.Source>
            <BitmapImage UriSource="/your_assembly;component/yourpath/Image.png" />
        </Image.Source>
   </Image>
</MenuItem.Icon>