gtk-sharp 2.0.0.0 Gtk# is thread aware, but not thread safe; See the Gtk# Thread Programming for details. A with an icon. is a which has an icon next to the text label. Note that the user can disable display of menu icons, so make sure to still fill in the text label. //How to add MenuBar with a Quit stock MenuItem ... Window win; //if your class derive from Window then call this. istead of win. MenuBar menuBar ... AccelGroup grup = new AccelGroup (); win.AddAccelGroup(grup); menuFile = new Menu (); ImageMenuItem quit_item = new ImageMenuItem(Stock.Quit, group); quit_item.AddAccelerator("activate", grup, new AccelKey( Gdk.Key.q, Gdk.ModifierType.ControlMask, AccelFlags.Visible)); //OnMenuFileQuit is the Method runned when the event is trigged quit_item.Activated += new EventHandler (OnMenuFileQuit); menuFile.Append(quit_item); MenuItem file_item = new MenuItem("_File"); file_item.Submenu = menuFile; menuBar.Append(file_item); Gtk.MenuItem Method System.Void Disposes the resources associated with the object. Constructor Internal constructor Pointer to the C object. This is an internal constructor, and should not be used by user code. Constructor Creates a new . Constructor Creates a new containing the image and text from a stock item. an object of type an object of type Constructor Creates a new containing a label. an object of type Property Gtk.Widget Child widget to appear next to the menu text. an object of type an object of type GLib.Property(Name="image") Property GLib.GType GType Property. a Returns the native value for . Constructor Protected Constructor. a Chain to this constructor if you have manually registered a native value for your subclass. System.Obsolete(Message=null, IsError=False)