C#: menu item not showing when debugging

Question

So I have added a "Menu" item to my program and though properties:

IsEnabled: (is checked)
visibility: Visible

And my .xaml shows:

 <Grid>
    <Menu Height="26" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="-1,0,0,0" Name="menu1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="504" Opacity="88">
    <MenuItem Header="_Menu"/>
    <MenuItem Header="_View"/>
    <MenuItem Header="_Edit"/>
    </Menu>
</Grid>

When I debug the program the "Menu" or any of the MenuItems does not show up on the Active Windows Form.

Any thoughts?

Answer 1

Add right after your window element <DockPanel Width="Auto" Height="Auto" LastChildFill="True">

And then add this attribute into your menu element: DockPanel.Dock="Top"

Answer 2

Make sure you explicitly save and re-compile your application after making XAML changes.

I've personally had a lot of instances where XAML changes simply did not show up when debugging an application. To be sure your changes are going through, you can clean the solution and rebuild.

Answer 3

I found a technical issue that I straightened out that was causing the problem.