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ToolStripItem.TextDirection Property

.NET Framework 4

Gets the orientation of text used on a ToolStripItem.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

public virtual ToolStripTextDirection TextDirection { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripTextDirection
One of the ToolStripTextDirection values.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to set the Text, AutoSize, Overflow, and TextDirection properties, and handle the Click event. To run this example, paste the following code into a form that contains a ToolStrip named movingToolStrip and call InitializeMovingToolStrip in the form's constructor or Load event handler.

C++


		internal ToolStripButton changeDirectionButton;

		private void InitializeMovingToolStrip()
		{
            movingToolStrip = new ToolStrip();

			changeDirectionButton = new ToolStripButton();

			movingToolStrip.AutoSize = true;
			movingToolStrip.RenderMode = ToolStripRenderMode.System;

			changeDirectionButton.TextDirection = ToolStripTextDirection.Vertical270;
			changeDirectionButton.Overflow = ToolStripItemOverflow.Never;
			changeDirectionButton.Text = "Change Alignment";
				movingToolStrip.Items.Add(changeDirectionButton);
		}


		private void changeDirectionButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
		{

			ToolStripItem item = (ToolStripItem)sender;

			if (item.TextDirection == ToolStripTextDirection.Vertical270 || item.TextDirection == ToolStripTextDirection.Vertical90)
			{
				item.TextDirection = ToolStripTextDirection.Horizontal;
				movingToolStrip.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Top;
			}
			else
			{
				item.TextDirection = ToolStripTextDirection.Vertical270;
				movingToolStrip.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Left;
			}

		}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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

Reference

ToolStripItem Class

System.Windows.Forms Namespace

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