Change the dropdown menu list item square

Question

I coulnd find a proper name and phrase for this to explain, so here's a picture:

enter image description here

I'd like to change the white area's as shown above in the red circle to a desired color. I used the code below to change the other colors:

In the form itself:

menuStrip1.Renderer = new ToolStripProfessionalRenderer(new MenuStripColorTable());

The class:

class MenuStripColorTable : ProfessionalColorTable
{
    private Color backColor = (Color) new ColorConverter().ConvertFromString("#333333");

    //menu item background en border
    public override Color MenuItemBorder
    {  
        get{ return Color.White; }
    }

    public override Color MenuStripGradientBegin
    {
        get { return backColor; }
    }
    ....

Any idea what I should override, or change?

this is part o the menu item. it's the location of the picture box for the icon. hope this help you find it. in WPF it's part of the menu item too. — Franck, Dec 17 '13 at 12:49
Aha, I overrided the Image Gradiant properties to transparant, and that did the job. Thanks! — Nick Peelman, Dec 17 '13 at 12:58

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 17 '13 at 17:51

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By adding the folowing code I succesfully made teh white squares transparant:

Render class for menustrip:

public override Color ImageMarginGradientBegin
{
   get { return Color.Transparent; }
}
public override Color ImageMarginGradientMiddle
{
   get { return Color.Transparent; }
}
public override Color ImageMarginGradientEnd
{
   get { return Color.Transparent; }
}

Altho the text isn't aligned to the left. But that's not that much of a problem. Credit to Franck aswell!

edited Dec 17 '13 at 17:51

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answered Dec 17 '13 at 13:01

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Just mark it as and correct answer and close the tread it will help to others – Thilina H Dec 17 '13 at 13:06
I can't choose my own answer as the best, I have to wait 2 days first – Nick Peelman Dec 17 '13 at 13:07

Change the dropdown menu list item square

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