Questions tagged [statusstrip]

Is a Windows control used to display information useful to end-users.

A StatusStrip control can contain other controls, like ToolStripProgressBar, ToolStripSplitButton, ToolStripDropDownButton and ToolStripStatusLabel. These other controls have different abilities and graphical representation.

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How to set the widths of StatusStrip items?

I have the following: StatusStrip ToolStripStatusLabel ToolStripStatusLabel ToolStripProgressBar The StatusStrip is set to take the full width of the WinForm. The first ToolStripStatusLabel is set to 200 pixels wide and the…
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How do I feed values to the statusStrip from a form control?

This is the context of my controls: /* Form StatusStrip ToolStripStatusLabel TableLayoutPanel MyGenioView */ So, MyGenioView is intercepting the MouseMove event handler. The code that is already there is for a rubber band…
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Projectitem unavailable when trying to save a form that contains a StatusStrip

I added an empty status strip in my empty form and when I try to save this error pops up one time: On the next attempt I can save until I change the StatusStrip. When I start the application or re-open the designer it will show my StatusStrip, but…
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C# - How to make a StatusStrip resize a borderless Form

I am trying to resize a borderless form with a StatusStrip (I'm using a tool strip for many reasons). I have successfully moved a form with a MenuStrip, but never resized, so I do have a little understanding on sending messages and EventHandling.…
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Status strip in .NET4 Forms application turns black when resing window via remote desktop

This is the most bizarre thing we have ever come across. We are developing a Windows forms application in C# with Visual Studio 2010. The main form contains a status strip control docked at the bottom. When we run our application via remote desktop…
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Problems when deleting resource files C#

When I delete resource files from my C# project all the menustrip, toolstrip and status strips items are removed from their respective strips. These lines of code are deleted everytime it happens. this.menuStrip1.Items.AddRange(new…
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c# statusstrip toolstripstatuslabel updates after the process is over

I have a method in which the program cycles through a load of data and I want it to put in the toolstripstatuslabel1 the text loading, but for some reason it does this after it is done loading as opposed to while it is loading. My…
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StatusBar MenuStripItem Select Mouse

I expose you my problem today. I created a statusStripLabel for showing the current name - the selected item of MenuStrip or ToolStripMenuItem when the mouse is hover it. I have this code : ( it's working ) private void…
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StatusStrip hosting a UserControl fails to call UserControls OnPaint event

We have a simple user control which works fine when we use it in our form, however when we try to host it into our StatusStrip via this method the OnPaint event is never called. MSDN Documentation states this 'should' work, but we see nothing and…
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CrossThreading issue with BackgroundWorker and statusstrip update

I have been working on a tool that uses a BackgroundWorker to perform a ping operation on a regular interval. I am running into an issue with the BackgroundWorker ProgressChanged event. The code for the ProgressChanged Event is below: private void…
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How do I scroll a StatusStrip control in VB.NET WinForms?

Is there any way to scroll in a StatusStrip when its controls exceed form viewing area? My StatusStrip acts as a taskbar with a lot of labels (acting as buttons) which if there are too many might go outside the bounds of the screen.
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.net statusstrip progress bar start progress

I have a parsing function, It parse a file and take a long time. I want to show a progress bar while the function parsing the file. I add toolstripprogressbar and set its properties. However I dont know how they are run synchronously. I want to do…
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The StatusLabel is cut when width of another StatusLabel is changed (problem with the Spring property)

I have four items in my StatusStrip: StatusLabel with dynamic width StatusLabel with Spring property set to True (to fill the remaining space) StatusLabel with dynamic width a custom StatusStrip control with fixed with The second one is there…
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Strange button in Status Strip Control in .NET

I want to use a status strip in my program. I made it look and behave as I want, but I wanted to learn more. I looked for some video tutorials, and I found something that I couldn't replicate in my program. In this video…
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Is it possible to make a statusbar like notepad in VB?

I made a notepad using vb 2008 and I am facing a problem who I'd make the Statusbar. any idea will be great. Note: I am using the Textbox to read and write text Thank you
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