Hi;

I have a ContextMenuStrip that pops up and works fine. However, I
would like for it to be smaller - it is pop-ing up when I click on a
LinkLabel and the menu feels larger than appropiate compared to the
LinkLabel.

Is there a way to do this?

thanks - dave

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Hi David,

I suggest that you use the ToolStripRenderer to customize the appearance of 
the ContextMenuStrip,e.g. minimize the height of the items in the 
ContextMenuStrip so as to make the ContextMenuStrip look smaller.

The following is a sample:

class MyToolStripRenderer : ToolStripProfessionalRenderer
 { 
            int maxwidth = 0;
            int itemheight = 16;
            protected override void Initialize(ToolStrip toolStrip)
            {
                base.Initialize(toolStrip);               
                ToolStripDropDownMenu menu = toolStrip as 
ToolStripDropDownMenu;
                if (menu != null)
                {
                    menu.ShowCheckMargin = false;
                    menu.ShowImageMargin = false;
                }                
                foreach (ToolStripItem item in toolStrip.Items)
                {
                    Size size = TextRenderer.MeasureText(item.Text, 
item.Font);
                    maxwidth = Math.Max(maxwidth, size.Width);
                }               
                maxwidth += toolStrip.GripMargin.Left + 
toolStrip.Padding.Left ;

                toolStrip.AutoSize = false;
                toolStrip.Width = maxwidth;
                toolStrip.Height = itemheight * toolStrip.Items.Count + 4;
            }
          
            protected override void InitializeItem(ToolStripItem item)
            {                
                base.InitializeItem(item);                        
                item.AutoSize = false;               
                item.Height = itemheight;
                item.Width = maxwidth;
            }
} 

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
            this.contextMenuStrip1.Renderer = new MyToolStripRenderer();
}

Hope this helps.
If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
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Hi;

This menu is not in a toolstrip - it is a pop-up menu like what you
get for a context menu when you do a RMB click with the mouse. So all
we have is a menu but no ContextMenuStrip.

Am I not understanding how this can be used? Is there a way to do this
where the menu strip is invisible or doesn't exist?

thanks - dave


On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:49:17 GMT, v-lliu@online.microsoft.com (Linda
Liu[MSFT]) wrote:

>Hi David,
>
>I suggest that you use the ToolStripRenderer to customize the appearance of 
>the ContextMenuStrip,e.g. minimize the height of the items in the 
>ContextMenuStrip so as to make the ContextMenuStrip look smaller.
>
>The following is a sample:
>
>class MyToolStripRenderer : ToolStripProfessionalRenderer
> { 
>            int maxwidth = 0;
>            int itemheight = 16;
>            protected override void Initialize(ToolStrip toolStrip)
>            {
>                base.Initialize(toolStrip);               
>                ToolStripDropDownMenu menu = toolStrip as 
>ToolStripDropDownMenu;
>                if (menu != null)
>                {
>                    menu.ShowCheckMargin = false;
>                    menu.ShowImageMargin = false;
>                }                
>                foreach (ToolStripItem item in toolStrip.Items)
>                {
>                    Size size = TextRenderer.MeasureText(item.Text, 
>item.Font);
>                    maxwidth = Math.Max(maxwidth, size.Width);
>                }               
>                maxwidth += toolStrip.GripMargin.Left + 
>toolStrip.Padding.Left ;
>
>                toolStrip.AutoSize = false;
>                toolStrip.Width = maxwidth;
>                toolStrip.Height = itemheight * toolStrip.Items.Count + 4;
>            }
>          
>            protected override void InitializeItem(ToolStripItem item)
>            {                
>                base.InitializeItem(item);                        
>                item.AutoSize = false;               
>                item.Height = itemheight;
>                item.Width = maxwidth;
>            }
>} 
>
>private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
> {
>            this.contextMenuStrip1.Renderer = new MyToolStripRenderer();
>}
>
>Hope this helps.
>If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.
>
>Sincerely,
>Linda Liu
>Microsoft Online Community Support
>
>Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and 
>suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please 
>feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service 
>provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at: 
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>
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Hi David,

Thank you for your quick reply!

In your first message, you said "I have a ContextMenuStrip that pops up and 
works fine. However, Iwould like for it to be smaller...". 

In .NET 2.0, the method to customize the appearance of a ToolStrip, a 
MenuStrip or a ContextMenuStrip is to implement a custom ToolStripRenderer.

The sample I provided in my first reply requires that you add a 
ContextMenuStrip named contextMenuStrip1 on a form and paste the sample 
code into the form's code file.

For more information about the ToolStripRenderer class, see the following 
document:
"ToolStripRenderer Class"
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.toolstriprender
er.aspx

If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and 
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please 
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service 
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at: 
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Hi;

Ok, that makes sense. I have your code working. One weird thing
though, it pushes the text of the menu item down so there is space
above the text for each item but the bottom of it is cropped off.

Any idea how to fix that?

thanks - dave


On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:25:24 GMT, v-lliu@online.microsoft.com (Linda
Liu[MSFT]) wrote:

>Hi David,
>
>Thank you for your quick reply!
>
>In your first message, you said "I have a ContextMenuStrip that pops up and 
>works fine. However, Iwould like for it to be smaller...". 
>
>In .NET 2.0, the method to customize the appearance of a ToolStrip, a 
>MenuStrip or a ContextMenuStrip is to implement a custom ToolStripRenderer.
>
>The sample I provided in my first reply requires that you add a 
>ContextMenuStrip named contextMenuStrip1 on a form and paste the sample 
>code into the form's code file.
>
>For more information about the ToolStripRenderer class, see the following 
>document:
>"ToolStripRenderer Class"
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.toolstriprender
>er.aspx
>
>If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.
>
>Sincerely,
>Linda Liu
>Microsoft Online Community Support
>
>Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and 
>suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please 
>feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service 
>provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at: 
>msdnmg@microsoft.com.
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


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ps - I added the line:

	toolStrip.Font = new Font(toolStrip.Font.FontFamily, 9);


On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:10:54 -0600, David Thielen
<thielen@nospam.nospam> wrote:

>Hi;
>
>Ok, that makes sense. I have your code working. One weird thing
>though, it pushes the text of the menu item down so there is space
>above the text for each item but the bottom of it is cropped off.
>
>Any idea how to fix that?
>
>thanks - dave
>
>
>On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:25:24 GMT, v-lliu@online.microsoft.com (Linda
>Liu[MSFT]) wrote:
>
>>Hi David,
>>
>>Thank you for your quick reply!
>>
>>In your first message, you said "I have a ContextMenuStrip that pops up and 
>>works fine. However, Iwould like for it to be smaller...". 
>>
>>In .NET 2.0, the method to customize the appearance of a ToolStrip, a 
>>MenuStrip or a ContextMenuStrip is to implement a custom ToolStripRenderer.
>>
>>The sample I provided in my first reply requires that you add a 
>>ContextMenuStrip named contextMenuStrip1 on a form and paste the sample 
>>code into the form's code file.
>>
>>For more information about the ToolStripRenderer class, see the following 
>>document:
>>"ToolStripRenderer Class"
>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.toolstriprender
>>er.aspx
>>
>>If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>Linda Liu
>>Microsoft Online Community Support
>>
>>Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and 
>>suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please 
>>feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service 
>>provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at: 
>>msdnmg@microsoft.com.
>>
>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
>david@at-at-at@windward.dot.dot.net
>Windward Reports -- http://www.WindwardReports.com
>me -- http://dave.thielen.com
>
>Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm


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Hi David,

Thank you for your reply!

> One weird thing though, it pushes the text of the menu item down so there 
is space above the text for each item but the bottom of it is cropped off.

Yes, it is. I do more research and find the solution, i.e, override the 
OnRenderItemText method in the derived ToolStripProfessionalRenderer class. 
The following is a sample:

class MyToolStripRenderer : ToolStripProfessionalRenderer
{
    ....
    protected override void 
OnRenderItemText(ToolStripItemTextRenderEventArgs e)
            {
                if (e.TextColor == SystemColors.HighlightText)
                { e.TextColor = e.Item.ForeColor; }
              
                e.Graphics.DrawString(e.Text, e.Item.Font, new 
SolidBrush(e.TextColor),0,-3);
            }
}

It works fine on my side. Please try it in your application to see if 
there's any problem.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and 
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please 
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service 
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at: 
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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

that did it - thanks - dave

ps - it would be nice if they had a simple "tool bar menu" control.


On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:34:13 GMT, v-lliu@online.microsoft.com (Linda
Liu[MSFT]) wrote:

>Hi David,
>
>Thank you for your reply!
>
>> One weird thing though, it pushes the text of the menu item down so there 
>is space above the text for each item but the bottom of it is cropped off.
>
>Yes, it is. I do more research and find the solution, i.e, override the 
>OnRenderItemText method in the derived ToolStripProfessionalRenderer class. 
>The following is a sample:
>
>class MyToolStripRenderer : ToolStripProfessionalRenderer
>{
>    ....
>    protected override void 
>OnRenderItemText(ToolStripItemTextRenderEventArgs e)
>            {
>                if (e.TextColor == SystemColors.HighlightText)
>                { e.TextColor = e.Item.ForeColor; }
>              
>                e.Graphics.DrawString(e.Text, e.Item.Font, new 
>SolidBrush(e.TextColor),0,-3);
>            }
>}
>
>It works fine on my side. Please try it in your application to see if 
>there's any problem.
>
>Sincerely,
>Linda Liu
>Microsoft Online Community Support
>
>Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and 
>suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please 
>feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service 
>provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at: 
>msdnmg@microsoft.com.
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>


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Thanks David for your feedback and I'm glad to hear that the problem is 
solved now!

> it would be nice if they had a simple "tool bar menu" control.

Would you tell me what you mean in the above sentence?

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and 
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please 
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service 
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at: 
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Yes, in the old pre-.NET days there were toolbar controls (I think
they were 3rd party) where everything was a little smaller - the
toolbar, menu, etc. They were used mostly in dialog boxes that were
simple and had a small footprint.

You don't see it much anymore in Windows apps but I always thought it
was a good thing design-wise.

thanks - dave


On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:27:40 GMT, v-lliu@online.microsoft.com (Linda
Liu[MSFT]) wrote:

>Thanks David for your feedback and I'm glad to hear that the problem is 
>solved now!
>
>> it would be nice if they had a simple "tool bar menu" control.
>
>Would you tell me what you mean in the above sentence?
>
>Sincerely,
>Linda Liu
>Microsoft Online Community Support
>
>Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and 
>suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please 
>feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service 
>provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at: 
>msdnmg@microsoft.com.
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


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