ToolStripDropDownButton.ShowDropDownArrow Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

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.

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

public bool ShowDropDownArrow { get; set; }

member this.ShowDropDownArrow : bool with get, set

Public Property ShowDropDownArrow As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

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

Examples

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:

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

private void InitializeDropDownButton()
{
    dropDownButton1 = new ToolStripDropDownButton();
    dropDown = new ToolStripDropDown();
    dropDownButton1.Text = "A";

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

    // Set the drop-down direction.
    dropDownButton1.DropDownDirection = ToolStripDropDownDirection.Left;

    // Do not show a drop-down arrow.
    dropDownButton1.ShowDropDownArrow = false;

    // Declare three buttons, set their foreground color and text, 
    // and add the buttons to the drop-down.
    buttonRed = new ToolStripButton();
    buttonRed.ForeColor = Color.Red;
    buttonRed.Text = "A";

    buttonBlue = new ToolStripButton();
    buttonBlue.ForeColor = Color.Blue;
    buttonBlue.Text = "A";

    buttonYellow = new ToolStripButton();
    buttonYellow.ForeColor = Color.Yellow;
    buttonYellow.Text = "A";
    
    buttonBlue.Click += new EventHandler(colorButtonsClick);
    buttonRed.Click += new EventHandler(colorButtonsClick);
    buttonYellow.Click += new EventHandler(colorButtonsClick);

    dropDown.Items.AddRange(new ToolStripItem[] 
        { buttonRed, buttonBlue, buttonYellow });
    toolStrip1.Items.Add(dropDownButton1);
}

// Handle the buttons' click event by setting the foreground color of the
// form to the foreground color of the button that is clicked.
private void colorButtonsClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ToolStripButton senderButton = (ToolStripButton)sender;
    this.ForeColor = senderButton.ForeColor;
}

' Declare the drop-down button and the items it will contain.
Friend WithEvents dropDownButton1 As ToolStripDropDownButton
Friend WithEvents dropDown As ToolStripDropDown
Friend WithEvents buttonRed As ToolStripButton
Friend WithEvents buttonBlue As ToolStripButton
Friend WithEvents buttonYellow As ToolStripButton

Private Sub InitializeDropDownButton() 
    dropDownButton1 = New ToolStripDropDownButton()
    dropDown = New ToolStripDropDown()
    dropDownButton1.Text = "A"
    
    ' Set the drop-down on the ToolStripDropDownButton.
    dropDownButton1.DropDown = dropDown

    ' Set the drop-down direction.
    dropDownButton1.DropDownDirection = ToolStripDropDownDirection.Left

    ' Do not show a drop-down arrow.
    dropDownButton1.ShowDropDownArrow = False

    ' Declare three buttons, set their foreground color and text, 
    ' and add the buttons to the drop-down.
    buttonRed = New ToolStripButton()
    buttonRed.ForeColor = Color.Red
    buttonRed.Text = "A"
    
    buttonBlue = New ToolStripButton()
    buttonBlue.ForeColor = Color.Blue
    buttonBlue.Text = "A"
    
    buttonYellow = New ToolStripButton()
    buttonYellow.ForeColor = Color.Yellow
    buttonYellow.Text = "A"
    
    dropDown.Items.AddRange(New ToolStripItem() {buttonRed, buttonBlue, buttonYellow})
    toolStrip1.Items.Add(dropDownButton1)
End Sub

' Handle the buttons' click event by setting the foreground color of the
' form to the foreground color of the button that is clicked.
Public Sub colorButtonsClick(ByVal sender As [Object], ByVal e As EventArgs) _
    Handles buttonRed.Click, buttonBlue.Click, buttonYellow.Click
    Dim senderButton As ToolStripButton = CType(sender, ToolStripButton)
    Me.ForeColor = senderButton.ForeColor

End Sub