Questions tagged [toolstrip]

This is .net framework class which provides a container for Windows toolbar objects. This is used in creating toolbars in Winform application.

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toolStrip and statusStrip location

How I can achieve something like this? I tried to set toolstrip dock to left toolstrip dock to none statusstrip dock to none
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Add a button to the left of a toolstrip

I have a ToolStrip object which has a few ToolStripButtons. I want to add a vertical button on the left side of this object. But since the ToolStrip is docked to the left, I can't seem to add anything on its left side. Is there a way that this can…
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how to open ToolStripMenuItem Window by moving mouse on ToolStripSplitButton

I have four ToolStripSplitButtons in a ToolStrip in one of my c# applications as shown here. To open ToolStripMenuItem window I have to click on any of the four ToolStripSplitButtons. As opposed to it I only want to move my mouse(rather than…
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Troubles with updating ToolstripDropdownButton after window loses focus

Let me start from a simple example to reproduce my problem: Create WinForms project. Drop a ToolStrip on it. Make a ToolstripDropdownButton in it (with no children). Add a click event-handler to the button, with something like…
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ToolStripButton Tooltip location is wrong

I have a ToolStrip that have a couple of ToolStripButtons with tooltips. When I highlight any of the buttons the tooltip shows just fine but its location is a bit far from the cursor. I got no idea why is this happening and I tried to workaround it…
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How to avoid 3 pixel gap on left of ToolStrip in Winforms?

I'm using Windows 7 and Winforms/C#. When I add a toolstrip to a toolstrip container, I get 3 pixels of space to the left of the toolstrip. Even if I set the location to 0,0, it resets it back to 3,0. Here is a picture to demonstrate this: How can…
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.Net Toolstrip/MenuStrip Focus Issues

No matter what the scenario may be I'm able to recreate this annoying problem 100% of the time. Create a .Net project, C# or VB.Net. Add a ToolStrip control to the form. Create a few simple DropDownButton(s) that contain at least 2 menu items. Add…
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Locking a ToolStripContainer panel to only allow for one row of toolstrips

I want the ToolStrips to remain on one row, and for the user to be able to rearrange on that row but not create additional rows. I tried using SetBounds on the LocationChanged event, if the user attempted to change the Y position it just sprung…
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ToolStripTextBox1.ScrollBars = Windows.Forms.ScrollBars.Vertical

Quick question. Using VS2012, .net framework 4.5, VB on win7 x64. Trying to create a message holder in my status bar, to display long exception messages when something goes wrong in my app. I had an idea of using a ToolStripSplitButton and adding…
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ToolStripManager not restoring Location of Toolstrips

ToolStripManager does not restore my Toolstrips to the previous locations as expected. I created a very simple app to demonstrate. I contains 4 movable Toolstrips in a ToolStrip Container. I move the toolstrips to order them as 4-3-2-1 from top to…
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Add object other than string to ToolStripDropDownButton DropDownItem

It's easy to add strings to a ToolStripDropDownButton as a new DropDownItem. What I need is to add a custom object to the DropDownItems so that I can assign a key/value like object to the DropDownItem. How may I achieve this?
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Invoking the click method of a button programmatically

Simple problem (I think): I want to be able to invoke a click method on a predefined object, specifically, the bindingNavigatorDeleteItem button on the standard c# BindingNavigator. I need to intercept the delete so that I can verify that the record…
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Change Toostrip Order

Im currently adding toolstrips from my seperate modules like: this.toolStripContainer.TopToolStripPanel.Controls.Add(module.Instance.Toolbar) Buy they are then in the order that the modules are loaded which isnt very good. Is there any way to…
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Draggable ToolStrip controls inside an MDI form

I've got a .NET MDI (multiple document interface) application that I want to use draggable ToolStrip controls. I want the ToolStrip controls to be at the top of my MDI form (just under the menus). When I use the standard ToolStripContainer inside…
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Readonly text box not allowing menuitem shortcut

I have a text box which is read only. I also have a tool strip menu item which has a short cut of Ctrl + R. When the focus is in the textbox the toolstrip menuitem shortcut no longer works. I can intersect the key down event and check if the key…
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