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Eric Schoonover
Eric Schoonover

Reputation: 48412

How do I right align controls in a StatusStrip?

I am trying to right align a control in a StatusStrip. How can I do that?

I don't see a property to set on ToolStripItem controls that specifies their physical alignment on the parent StatusStrip.

How do I get Messages drop down to be right aligned? http://i.friendfeed.com/ed90b205f64099687db30553daa79d075f280b90

Upvotes: 105

Views: 78611

Answers (8)

Packiyaraj Ganesan
Packiyaraj Ganesan

Reputation: 11

If you set a status strip label control’s Spring property to true, then that label takes up any space not used by other controls in the StatusStrip.

Upvotes: 1

TravisHendrickson
TravisHendrickson

Reputation: 51

Set the RightToLeft tool strip property to True.

Upvotes: -4

Eric Schoonover
Eric Schoonover

Reputation: 48412

Found it via MSDN forums almost immediately after posting :)

You can use a ToolStripLabel to pseudo right align controls by setting the Text property to string.Empty and setting the Spring property to true. This will cause it to fill all of the available space and push all the controls to the right of the ToolStripLabel over.

Upvotes: 259

knightgambit
knightgambit

Reputation: 176

I found that you can set the StatusStrip Layout to HorizontalStackWithOverflow. Then, for each control on the StatusStrip that you want on the right side, set the control Alignment to Right.

I like this better since you don't need any extra or dummy controls to align.

Upvotes: 2

VBobCat
VBobCat

Reputation: 2732

For me it took two simple steps:

  1. Set MyRightIntendedToolStripItem.Alignment to Right
  2. Set MyStatusStrip.LayoutStyle to HorizontalStackWithOverflow

Upvotes: 27

Visakh V A
Visakh V A

Reputation: 320

Keep a Toolstrip label , set Spring property as true and for label align text in BottomLeft

Upvotes: 2

Chandran R
Chandran R

Reputation: 33

You can display the Button at the end of the StatusStrip by using the logic below.

  1. Add a ToolstripLabel to the StatusStrip
  2. Set text as string.Empty
  3. Set Padding for the ToolstripLabel

For example:

this.toolStripStatusLabel1.Padding = new Padding((int)(this.Size.Width - 75), 0, 0, 0);

Upvotes: 4

Martijn Laarman
Martijn Laarman

Reputation: 13536

As an added note this is due to the fact that in the Win32 API a cell is either fixed width or fills the remaining space -1

int statwidths[] = {100, -1};

SendMessage(hStatus, SB_SETPARTS, sizeof(statwidths)/sizeof(int), (LPARAM)statwidths);
SendMessage(hStatus, SB_SETTEXT, 0, (LPARAM)"Hi there :)");

If memory serves me correctly you can have only one fill cell (-1) per statusbar.

You could also add a third middle cell and give this the fill property to get a more concistent looking StatusBar. Consistent because Messages has an inset to its left right where you'd expect it. A bit like the mspaint shot found on the MSDN page for StatusBars

I like the creative appreach though :D

Upvotes: 5

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