How to: Add a Control to a ToolStripContentPanel

You can programmatically add one or more controls to a ToolStripContentPanel.

Example

The following code example demonstrates how to add a RichTextBox to a ToolStripContentPanel.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public class Form1 : Form
{
    private ToolStripContainer tsc;
    private RichTextBox rtb;

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
[STAThread]
static void Main()
    {
        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.Run(new Form1());
    }

    private void InitializeComponent()
    {
        this.tsc = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripContainer();
        this.rtb = new System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox();
        this.tsc.ContentPanel.Controls.Add(this.rtb);
        this.Controls.Add(this.tsc);
    }
}

Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Public Class Form1
   Inherits Form
   Private tsc As ToolStripContainer
   Private rtb As RichTextBox
   Public Sub New()
      InitializeComponent()
   End Sub
   
   <STAThread()>  _
   Shared Sub Main()
      Application.EnableVisualStyles()
      Application.Run(New Form1())
   End Sub
   
   Private Sub InitializeComponent()
      Me.tsc = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripContainer()
      Me.rtb = New System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox()
      Me.tsc.ContentPanel.Controls.Add(Me.rtb)
      Me.Controls.Add(tsc)
   End Sub
End Class

Compiling the Code

This code example requires:

• References to the System, System.Data and System.Windows.Forms assemblies.

See also

• ToolStripContentPanel
• ToolStripContainer
• ToolStripContainer Control
• ToolStrip Control