Extension methods for recursively building a collection of certain types of Form elements.

public static class FormExtensions

public static class FormExtensions

<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public NotInheritable Class FormExtensions

<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public NotInheritable Class FormExtensions

[ExtensionAttribute]
public ref class FormExtensions abstract sealed

[ExtensionAttribute]
public ref class FormExtensions abstract sealed

You can do deep searching—searching an entire hierarchy rather than just immediate children—of Controls and ToolStripMenuItems by extending their respective classes with the aptly named All method. I found the former in the useful, short article entitled "LINQ - The Uber FindControl" at http://weblogs.asp.net/dfindley/archive/2007/06/29/linq-the-uber-findcontrol.aspx.

Each method takes as input a collection of the appropriate object and returns an IEnumerable<T> collection of all descendants. In the case of Controls, then, you would typically pass in the collection of direct child Controls placed on a form:

foreach (Control c in myForm.Controls.All()) . . .

foreach (Control c in myForm.Controls.All()) . . .

foreach (ToolStripMenuItem item in ContextMenuStrip.Items.All()) . . .

foreach (ToolStripMenuItem item in ContextMenuStrip.Items.All()) . . .

Since CleanCode 0.9.26.