ToolStripDropDownButton::ShowDropDownArrow Property

 

Gets or sets a value indicating whether an arrow is displayed on the ToolStripDropDownButton, which indicates that further options are available in a drop-down list.

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

public:
property bool ShowDropDownArrow {
	bool get();
	void set(bool value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean

true to show an arrow on the ToolStripDropDownButton; otherwise, false. The default is true.

The following code example creates and initializes a ToolStripDropDownButton control. The ShowDropDownArrow property is set to false.

// Declare the drop-down button and the items it will contain.
ToolStripDropDownButton^ dropDownButton1;
ToolStripDropDown^ dropDown;
ToolStripButton^ buttonRed;
ToolStripButton^ buttonBlue;
ToolStripButton^ buttonYellow;

void InitializeDropDownButton()
{
    dropDownButton1 = gcnew ToolStripDropDownButton;
    dropDown = gcnew ToolStripDropDown;
    dropDownButton1->Text = "A";

    // Set the drop-down on the DropDownButton.
    dropDownButton1->DropDown = dropDown;

    // Declare three buttons, set their forecolor and text, 
    // and add the buttons to the drop-down.
    buttonRed = gcnew ToolStripButton;
    buttonRed->ForeColor = Color::Red;
    buttonRed->Text = "A";
    buttonBlue = gcnew ToolStripButton;
    buttonBlue->ForeColor = Color::Blue;
    buttonBlue->Text = "A";
    buttonYellow = gcnew ToolStripButton;
    buttonYellow->ForeColor = Color::Yellow;
    buttonYellow->Text = "A";
    buttonBlue->Click += gcnew EventHandler(this, 
        &Form1::colorButtonsClick);
    buttonRed->Click += gcnew EventHandler(this, 
        &Form1::colorButtonsClick);
    buttonYellow->Click += gcnew EventHandler(this, 
        &Form1::colorButtonsClick);
    array<ToolStripItem^>^ ToolStrips = 
        {buttonRed,buttonBlue,buttonYellow};
    dropDown->Items->AddRange(ToolStrips);
    toolStrip1->Items->Add(dropDownButton1);
}


// Handle the buttons' click event by setting the forecolor 
// of the form to the forecolor of the button that is clicked.
void colorButtonsClick(Object^ sender, EventArgs^ e)
{
    ToolStripButton^ senderButton = (ToolStripButton^) sender;
    this->ForeColor = senderButton->ForeColor;
}


//  internal:

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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