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#TOOLSTRIP VS MENUSTRIP HOW TO#
#TOOLSTRIP VS MENUSTRIP PROFESSIONAL#
#TOOLSTRIP VS MENUSTRIP WINDOWS#

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the left panel of the ToolStripContainer is visible. Gets the left panel of the ToolStripContainer. Gets or sets a value indicating whether the bottom panel of the ToolStripContainer is visible.

Repeat the above four steps for each Button that you want to add a unique image.Īdding click events and custom rendering.Gets the bottom panel of the ToolStripContainer.

Your image should scale to 35,35 (if you set the ToolStrip’s ImageScalingSize to 35,35 and your source image size is greater than or equal to 35,35.

Navigate to your image, select it, and press OK.

Select Project resource file and click Import….Click the “…” button in the selected Button’s Image property. Select one of the Buttons in the ToolStrip.Step 4 – Add Images to the ToolStrip Buttons This will cause the menu section titles to stand out from the Button captions. Expand their Font property and set Bold to true.This will cause the labels to be centered vertically and line up along the left side of the ToolStrip. Set their TextAlign property to MiddleLeft.While holding control, select each Label on the ToolStrip: We will make the check state mutually exclusive for all buttons on the ToolStrip so that only one button can be checked at any given time to enforce SDI behavior. This will cause the button to display as pressed or checked when clicked a single time. Set their CheckOnClick property to True.This will cause the caption to be below the Button’s image. Set their TextImageRelation property to ImageAboveText.This will cause a caption to be added to the Button in addition to an image. Set their DisplayStyle property to ImageAndText.While holding control, select each Button on the ToolStrip:.Add three Buttons (menu section content).Add two Buttons (menu section content).Using the “Add New Item” drop down in the ToolStrip:.This will force images on Buttons to scale to 35px by 35px. Set its ImageScalingSize property to 35, 35.This will give space on all sides for its contents. This will cause contents to stack top to bottom. Set its LayoutStyle property to VerticalStackWithOverflow.Drag a ToolStrip into the left column (Column1).

Set Column1 width to absolute 115px and Column2 width to relative 100%.Click the “…” button in the Property Window for this new control’s Columns property.From the Toolbox, drag in a ToolStrip and drop it into the left column of the new TableLayoutPanel.Set this new Container’s Dock property to Fill.From the submenu that pops up when you drop in the TableLayoutPanel, click “Remove Last Row.”.Drag in a TableLayoutPanel to the center of the form.Drag in a MenuStrip and snap it to the top of Form1 by either dragging it until the blue line snaps to the top of the form, or drop it in Form1 and set the MenuStrip object’s Dock property to Top.Select Form1 and adjust it’s size in the Properties Window to 964,600 (the exact size isn’t important, but you want to leave room for other controls once the menu is operational).

#TOOLSTRIP VS MENUSTRIP WINDOWS#

Create a new Windows Forms Application Project.

Step 1 – Create the Form Shell to Host the Menu NET Framework 3.5 (or 2.0, but I wrote this using 3.5)

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (or 2005, but I wrote this using 2008).

Keep in mind that the following example is rather simple and leaves a lot of room for expansion. You’ll notice that the finished interface is rather similar to Spybot – Search and Destroy.

#TOOLSTRIP VS MENUSTRIP HOW TO#

In this post, I’ll show you how to implement a graphical ToolStrip menu to navigate through a Single Document Interface (SDI).

#TOOLSTRIP VS MENUSTRIP PROFESSIONAL#

NET, Windows FormsĮver wanted to create a professional looking menu in your Windows Forms applications complete with big buttons, nice mouse over effects, and images? Well, look no further. AugCreating a Professional ToolStrip in Windows Forms