ToolStripDropDownButton Class
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in system.windows.forms.dll)
Use the ToolStripDropDownButton to activate familiar drop-down controls such as color pickers. Set the ShowDropDownArrow property to true to more clearly indicate to the user that further options are available on the drop-down list.
The following code example displays three ToolStripButton controls when the ToolStripDropDownButton is clicked. The buttons change the foreground color of the form.
// Declare the drop-down button and the items it will contain. internal ToolStripDropDownButton dropDownButton1; internal ToolStripDropDown dropDown; internal ToolStripButton buttonRed; internal ToolStripButton buttonBlue; internal ToolStripButton buttonYellow; private void InitializeDropDownButton() { dropDownButton1 = new ToolStripDropDownButton(); dropDown = new ToolStripDropDown(); dropDownButton1.Text = "A"; // Set the drop-down on the ToolStripDropDownButton. dropDownButton1.DropDown = dropDown; // Set the drop-down direction. dropDownButton1.DropDownDirection = ToolStripDropDownDirection.Left; // Do not show a drop-down arrow. dropDownButton1.ShowDropDownArrow = false; // Declare three buttons, set their foreground color and text, // and add the buttons to the drop-down. buttonRed = new ToolStripButton(); buttonRed.ForeColor = Color.Red; buttonRed.Text = "A"; buttonBlue = new ToolStripButton(); buttonBlue.ForeColor = Color.Blue; buttonBlue.Text = "A"; buttonYellow = new ToolStripButton(); buttonYellow.ForeColor = Color.Yellow; buttonYellow.Text = "A"; buttonBlue.Click += new EventHandler(colorButtonsClick); buttonRed.Click += new EventHandler(colorButtonsClick); buttonYellow.Click += new EventHandler(colorButtonsClick); dropDown.Items.AddRange(new ToolStripItem[] { buttonRed, buttonBlue, buttonYellow }); toolStrip1.Items.Add(dropDownButton1); } // Handle the buttons' click event by setting the foreground color of the // form to the foreground color of the button that is clicked. public void colorButtonsClick(object sender, EventArgs e) { ToolStripButton senderButton = (ToolStripButton)sender; this.ForeColor = senderButton.ForeColor; }
System.MarshalByRefObject
System.ComponentModel.Component
System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem
System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDownItem
System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDownButton
System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripOverflowButton
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
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