# Design-Time Support

Get started with Menus and Toolbars for WinForms. Create versatile menus and docking/floating toolbars. See more in documentation here.

## Content



[C1Command](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) provides visual editing to make it easier to create menus, toolbars, outbars, and docking tabs with the Microsoft Visual Studio look and feel.

You can make changes to the [C1Command](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) controls by using one or more of the following visual editors:

### In-Place Editing

You can quickly edit menu and toolbar items' text using the in-place editing feature. For more information about using the in-place editing feature, see [In-Place Text Editing](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/designtimesupport/inplacetextediting).

### Invoking the Smart Tags

You can easily set common properties for the [C1Command](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) controls using its smart tags. For more information about the smart tags in [C1Command](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/), see [C1Command Smart Tags](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/designtimesupport/c1commandsmarttags).

### Invoking the Context Menus

You can easily configure any of the [C1Command](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) components at design time by using its associated context menu. For more information on [C1Command](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) context menus, see the [C1Command Context Menus](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/designtimesupport/c1commandcontextmenu).

### Invoking the C1Command Editor

You can easily edit [C1CommandLinks](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) at design-time through its **Edit designer**.

### Design Time Editors

[C1Command](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) provides seven collection editors: **C1Command Collection Editor**, **C1CommandLink Collection Editor**, **C1DockingTabPage Collection Editor**, **C1NavBarButton Collection Editor**, **C1OutPage Collection Editor**, **C1TopicPage Collection Editor**, and **C1TopicLink Collection Editor**. The main part for each of the editor's application consists of a windows form which conveniently allows the user to edit the [C1MainMenu](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/), [C1ToolBar](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/), [C1DockingTab](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/), [C1NavBar](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/), [C1OutBar](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/), or [C1TopicBar](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) controls.

### Showing the C1Command Control's Properties

You can access the properties for any of [C1Command](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/)s components simply by right-clicking on the control and selecting **Properties** or by selecting the class from the drop-down box of the Properties window.

The following section details each type of support available in [C1Command](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/).