ToolStripRenderer.DrawMenuItemBackground(ToolStripItemRenderEventArgs) Method

Definition

Draws the background for a ToolStripMenuItem.

C#
public void DrawMenuItemBackground(System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemRenderEventArgs e);

Parameters

e
ToolStripItemRenderEventArgs

A ToolStripItemRenderEventArgs that contains the data to draw the background for the menu item.

Remarks

The DrawMenuItemBackground method provides the entry point to the rendering code for the background of a ToolStripMenuItem. Use this method to draw the background of a ToolStripMenuItem when overriding the ToolStripMenuItem.OnPaint method, or to force the background of a ToolStripMenuItem to be drawn in a custom ToolStripRenderer. To change the way the background for a ToolStripMenuItem is rendered, override the OnRenderMenuItemBackground method in a class derived from ToolStripRenderer.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9