How to: Change the Appearance of ToolStrip Text and Images in Windows Forms
You can control whether text and images are displayed on a ToolStripItem and how they are aligned relative to each other and the ToolStrip.
To define what is displayed on a ToolStripItem
Set the DisplayStyle property to the desired value. The possibilities are Image, ImageAndText, None, and Text. The default is ImageAndText.
ToolStripButton2.DisplayStyle = _ System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemDisplayStyle.Image
toolStripButton2.DisplayStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemDisplayStyle.Image;
To align text on a ToolStripItem
Set the TextAlign property to the desired value. The possibilities are any combination of top, middle, and bottom with left, center, and right. The default is MiddleCenter.
ToolStripSplitButton1.TextAlign = _ System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleRight
toolStripSplitButton1.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleRight;
To align an image on a ToolStripItem
Set the ImageAlign property to the desired value. The possibilities are any combination of top, middle, and bottom with left, center, and right. The default is MiddleLeft.
ToolStripSplitButton1.ImageAlign = _ System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleRight
toolStripSplitButton1.ImageAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleRight;
To define how ToolStripItem text and images are displayed relative to each other
Set the TextImageRelation property to the desired value. The possibilities are ImageAboveText, ImageBeforeText, Overlay, TextAboveImage, and TextBeforeImage. The default is ImageBeforeText.
ToolStripButton1.TextImageRelation = _ System.Windows.Forms.TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText
toolStripButton1.TextImageRelation = System.Windows.Forms.TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText;
See Also
Concepts
ToolStrip Control Architecture