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
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.

For information about building this example from the command line for Visual Basic or Visual C#, see Building from the Command Line or Command-line Building With csc.exe. You can also build this example in Visual Studio by pasting the code into a new project. See also How to: Compile and Run a Complete Windows Forms Code Example Using Visual Studio or ToolStripContainer Tasks Dialog Box.

See Also

ToolStripContentPanel
ToolStripContainer
ToolStripContainer Control
ToolStrip Control