ToolStripItem.Text Property
Definition
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Gets or sets the text that is to be displayed on the item.
public:
virtual property System::String ^ Text { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
public virtual string Text { get; set; }
public virtual string? Text { get; set; }
member this.Text : string with get, set
Public Overridable Property Text As String
Property Value
A string representing the item's text. The default value is the empty string ("").
Examples
The following code example demonstrates how to set the Text, 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.
ToolStripButton^ changeDirectionButton;
void InitializeMovingToolStrip()
{
changeDirectionButton = gcnew ToolStripButton;
movingToolStrip->AutoSize = true;
movingToolStrip->RenderMode = ToolStripRenderMode::System;
changeDirectionButton->TextDirection =
ToolStripTextDirection::Vertical270;
changeDirectionButton->Overflow =
ToolStripItemOverflow::Never;
changeDirectionButton->Text = "Change Alignment";
movingToolStrip->Items->Add(changeDirectionButton);
changeDirectionButton->Click += gcnew EventHandler(this,
&Form1::changeDirectionButtonClick);
}
void changeDirectionButtonClick(Object^ sender, EventArgs^ e)
{
ToolStripItem^ item = (ToolStripItem^) sender;
if ((item->TextDirection == ToolStripTextDirection::Vertical270)
|| (item->TextDirection == ToolStripTextDirection::Vertical90))
{
item->TextDirection = ToolStripTextDirection::Horizontal;
movingToolStrip->Raft = RaftingSides::Top;
}
else
{
item->TextDirection =
ToolStripTextDirection::Vertical270;
movingToolStrip->Raft = RaftingSides::Left;
}
}
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;
}
}
Friend WithEvents changeDirectionButton As ToolStripButton
Private Sub InitializeMovingToolStrip()
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)
End Sub
Public Sub changeDirectionButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles changeDirectionButton.Click
Dim item As ToolStripItem = CType(sender, ToolStripItem)
If item.TextDirection = ToolStripTextDirection.Vertical270 _
OrElse item.TextDirection = ToolStripTextDirection.Vertical90 Then
item.TextDirection = ToolStripTextDirection.Horizontal
movingToolStrip.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Top
Else
item.TextDirection = ToolStripTextDirection.Vertical270
movingToolStrip.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Left
End If
End Sub
Remarks
You can create an access key to the item by adding an ampersand ("&") before a letter in the text value. For more information, see How to: Create Access Keys for Windows Forms Controls.
ToolStripItem uses the Text property as the default source for the ToolTip content. Set AutoToolTip to false
to use ToolTipText as the source for ToolTip content.