ToolStripDropDownItem.HasDropDownItems Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

ToolStripDropDownItem.cs

Gets a value indicating whether the ToolStripDropDownItem has ToolStripDropDown controls associated with it.

C#

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public virtual bool HasDropDownItems { get; }

Property Value

Boolean

true if the ToolStripDropDownItem has ToolStripDropDown controls; otherwise, false.

Attributes

BrowsableAttribute

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to query the HasDropDownItems property to conditionally show a ToolStripDropDownItem control. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the ToolStripDropDownItem class.

C#

// This method shows the drop-down for the first item
// in the form's ToolStrip.
private void showButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ToolStripDropDownItem item = this.toolStrip1.Items[0] as ToolStripDropDownItem;

    if (item.HasDropDownItems)
    {
        item.ShowDropDown();
    }
}

Applies to