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

Reference

ToolStrip Control Overview (Windows Forms)
ToolStrip

Concepts

ToolStrip Control Architecture
ToolStrip Technology Summary