ToolStripItem

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1. Forms Controls Add/configure a Form Manage control layout Add/configure a control Create/configure menus ToolStrip ToolStripItem ToolStripButton ToolStripComboBox ToolStripDropDownButton ToolStripLabel ToolStripProgressBar ToolStripSeparator ToolStripStatusLabel ToolStripTextBox Adding Items Simple Notepad Create a MenuStrip Change menu structure Create/configure ContextMenuStrip Create event handlers 2. Integrating Data 3. Printing/Reporting 4. Enhancing Usability 5. Asynchronous Prog. 6. Forms Controls 7. Configure/Deploy

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Contents 1 Inheritance hierarchy 2 Useful properties 3 Useful methods 4 Other resources 5 MSDN resources

A ToolStripItem is an element such as a button, combo box, text box, or label that can be contained in a ToolStrip control or a ToolStripDropDown control.

The ToolStripItem class is an abstract class that manages events and layout for all of the elements that a ToolStrip or ToolStripDropDown can contain.

ToolStripItem controls must be contained in a ToolStrip, MenuStrip, StatusStrip, or ContextMenuStrip and cannot be added directly to a form.

Inheritance hierarchy

System.Object 
  System.MarshalByRefObject 
    System.ComponentModel.Component 
      System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem (abstract)
        System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton 
        System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripControlHost (abstract)
          System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripComboBox
          System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripProgressBar
          System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripTextBox
        System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDownItem (abstract)
          System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDownButton
            System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripOverflowButton
          System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem
          System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripSplitButton
            System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripColorButton
        System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripLabel 
          System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripStatusLabel
        System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripSeparator

Useful properties

• Image - Gets or sets the image that is displayed on a ToolStripItem.

• ImageAlign - Gets or sets the alignment of the image on a ToolStripItem.

• ImageIndex - Gets or sets the index value of the image that is displayed on the item.

• ImageKey - Gets or sets the key accessor for the image in the ImageList that is displayed on a ToolStripItem.

• ImageScaling - Indicaties whether an image on a ToolStripItem is automatically resized to fit in a container.

• ImageTransparentColor - Gets or sets the color to treat as transparent in a ToolStripItem image.

• Text - Gets or sets the text that is to be displayed on the item.

• TextAlign - Gets or sets the alignment of the text on a ToolStripLabel.

• TextDirection - Gets the orientation of text used on a ToolStripItem.

• TextImageRelation - Gets or sets the position of ToolStripItem text and image relative to each other.

• ToolTipText - Gets or sets the text that appears as a ToolTip for a control.

Useful methods

• GetCurrentParent - Retrieves the ToolStrip that is the container of the current ToolStripItem.

Other resources

Tool, Menu, and Status Strips—The ToolStripItem

MSDN resources

• ToolStripItem Class

• ToolStripButton - Provides a typical pushbutton which supports both text and images.

• ToolStripControlHost - A control that acts as a host for customized implementations or any other Windows Form controls.

• ToolStripComboBox - A ComboBox.

• ToolStripProgressBar - A specialized progress bar implementation for use within a StatusStrip control.

• ToolStripTextBox - A normal textbox which can be used to enter text.

• ToolStripDropDownItem - An abstract base class.

• ToolStripDropDownButton - This control provides a button which, if clicked, displays a ToolStripDropDown control.

• ToolStripMenuItem - A special menu control built specifically for use with the MenuStrip and ContextMenuStrip controls.

• ToolStripSplitButton - A combination of normal button and a DropDownButton. With has an arrow down button for a DropDownList of buttons.

• ToolStripLabel - Used to display normal text, hyperlinks, and images.

• ToolStripSeparator - A separator which visually separate groups of elements.

• ToolStripContainer - A control that act a container for ToolStripControls.