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ToolStrip.AllowDrop Property

Note: This property is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether drag-and-drop and item reordering are handled through events that you implement.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in system.windows.forms.dll)

public override bool AllowDrop { get; set; }
/** @property */
public boolean get_AllowDrop ()

/** @property */
public void set_AllowDrop (boolean value)

public override function get AllowDrop () : boolean

public override function set AllowDrop (value : boolean)

Property Value

true to control drag-and-drop and item reordering through events that you implement; otherwise, false.
Exception typeCondition

ArgumentException

AllowDrop and AllowItemReorder are both set to true.

Set the AllowDrop property to true and set the AllowItemReorder property to false to respond to drag-and-drop behavior you have defined in the Control.DragEnter, Control.DragLeave, and Control.DragDrop events.

Set AllowDrop to false and set AllowItemReorder to true to cause the ToolStrip class to handle drag-and-drop and item reordering automatically. Set AllowItemReorder to true for two ToolStrip objects to allow dragging of items from one ToolStrip to the other. To enable the default drag-and-drop, the ALT key must be pressed during the drag operation.

Setting both AllowDrop and AllowItemReorder to true throws an exception.

The following code example demonstrates the syntax for setting common ToolStrip properties, including the AllowDrop property.

// This is an example of some common ToolStrip property settings.
// 
toolStrip1.AllowDrop = false;
toolStrip1.AllowItemReorder = true;
toolStrip1.AllowMerge = false;
toolStrip1.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)(((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left)
            | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
toolStrip1.AutoSize = false;
toolStrip1.CanOverflow = false;
toolStrip1.Cursor = System.Windows.Forms.Cursors.Cross;
toolStrip1.DefaultDropDownDirection = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDownDirection.BelowRight;
toolStrip1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.None;
toolStrip1.GripMargin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(3);
toolStrip1.Items.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {
toolStripButton1});
toolStrip1.ImageScalingSize = new System.Drawing.Size(20, 20);
toolStrip1.LayoutStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripLayoutStyle.HorizontalStackWithOverflow;
toolStrip1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
toolStrip1.Margin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(1);
toolStrip1.Name = "toolStrip1";
toolStrip1.Padding = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(0, 0, 2, 0);
toolStrip1.RenderMode = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripRenderMode.System;
toolStrip1.ShowItemToolTips = false;
toolStrip1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(109, 273);
toolStrip1.Stretch = true;
toolStrip1.TabIndex = 0;
toolStrip1.TabStop = true;
toolStrip1.Text = "toolStrip1";
toolStrip1.TextDirection = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripTextDirection.Vertical90;

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0
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