Avoid Toolstripmenu close on items or Dropdownitem selected

Question

I have Toolstrip menu items. It is having two level of menu items. How to avoid close functionality of Toolstrip menu item when clicks on level 2 menu item and retains the previous one.

Example,

Yes, if I set AutoClose to false still level 2 items is closing — user1645200, Aug 28 '17 at 17:31
Am I correct in saying you want to be able to click an item in menu2 and have it select the item (put a checkmark beside it) but not close it? So after selecting say `SubItem 5.1`, menu1 and menu2 remain open? — Capn Jack, Aug 28 '17 at 18:04
Yes, Capn Jack you are correct, after selecting SubItem 5.1, menu 1(level 1 menu items) and menu 2 (level 2 subItem) should not close and it should remain open only — user1645200, Aug 28 '17 at 18:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 28 '17 at 19:23

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You're going to want to specify closing behaviour for the drop down to not close on item click. Try this:

toolStripDropDownButton1.DropDown.Closing += toolStripDropDownButton1_Closing;

private void toolStripDropDownButton1_Closing(object sender, ToolStripDropDownClosingEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.CloseReason == ToolStripDropDownCloseReason.ItemClicked)
    {
        e.Cancel = true;
    }
}

answered Aug 28 '17 at 19:23

Capn Jack

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e.cancel = true is to avoid closing the toolstripmenu item for first level, still if I click on level two menu items (sub menu items), sub menu items are closing and level 1 menu items are remain open. – user1645200 Aug 29 '17 at 01:13

Avoid Toolstripmenu close on items or Dropdownitem selected

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