hi, im making my own menustrip control since i want to add a few things to
it. but now im stuck on how when you click on for instance a main node of
"File", it always is highlighted in one color....i cant figure out how to
change this, be it on the normal one or how to override this by making my
own....any help would be great

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:19:01 -0700, iwdu15 <jmmgoalsteratyahoodotcom>
wrote:

When I want to customize a MenuStrip, ToolStrip,or StatusStrip, I use
the ToolStripProfessionalRenderer class which has a number of
properties that can be assigned custom colors for all of the above.
This example produces a SlateGray gradient when the cursor is over a
MenuItem:

   Public Sub New()
        ' This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()
        ToolStripManager.Renderer = New _
            ToolStripProfessionalRenderer _
            (New CustomProfessionalColors())
   End Sub


Public Class CustomProfessionalColors
    Inherits ProfessionalColorTable

   Public Overrides ReadOnly Property MenuItemSelectedGradientBegin()
_  As System.Drawing.Color
        Get
            Return Color.White
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property MenuItemSelectedGradientEnd() _
        As System.Drawing.Color
        Get
            Return Color.SlateGray
        End Get
    End Property

    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property MenuItemBorder() _
        As System.Drawing.Color
        Get
            Return Color.MidnightBlue
        End Get
    End Property

End Class

The above is only valid on target systems with VisualStyles enabled. 


Gene

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