# Creating a Side Caption for a Command Menu

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

## Content



To use the [SideCaption](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) property at design time to display a side caption along the commands, complete the following steps:

1.  Select a [C1CommandMenu](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) from the **Properties** drop-down list.
2.  Locate and expand the **C1CommandMenu.SideCaption** node.
3.  Select the [BarGradientBegin](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) property and select **Dodger Blue** from its **Web** tab.
4.  Select the [BarGradientEnd](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) property and select **PowderBlue** from its **Web** tab.
5.  Set [Text](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/) property to **Physics 101**.
6.  The side caption appears to the left side of the menu items. The graphic illustrates the appearance of the side caption:
    
    ![Form with side caption](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/a27cb622-e6d9-4efc-a0b0-0c31245fd632/imagesext/image10_19.png)
    
    
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	> **Note**: The text displayed in the side caption represents the name of the class that participated in the field trips.

## See Also

[Creating a Separate Click Event for a Command Object](/componentone/docs/win/online-menus-toolbar/menusandtoolbarsforw2/menutasks/creatingaseparatecli)