I was in this case few weeks ago and this question doesn't have an answer, so this is my solution 4 years later :
I'm using this solution to repaint the ToolStripButton in many cases : disabled, checked, selected
- override OnPaint event or change renderer of your ToolStrip
- draw your image without grey filter with this method, just set the image of the button and image's position on your button : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/chas0s9c(v=vs.110).aspx
Two good examples who helped me :
ToolStrip class :
ToolStrip ts = new ToolStrip();
//[...]
ts.RenderMode = ToolStripRenderMode.Professional; //Professional is just an example
ts.Renderer = new CustomRenderer();
CustomRenderer class :
public class CustomRenderer: ToolStripProfessionalRenderer
{
protected override void OnRenderButtonBackground(ToolStripItemRenderEventArgs e)
{
if (!e.Item.Enabled) //in this case you will just have the image in your button, you need to add text etc in this if
{
//to draw the image
Graphics g = e.Graphics;
g.DrawImageUnscaled(e.Item.Image, new Point(2, 2)); //you need to specify the correct position
}
else //other cases
base.OnRenderButtonBackground(e);
}
}
The problem is to know the correct position of all elements in your ToolStripButton , that's why I drawn the ToolStripButton in every cases
