ContextMenu modifications

[Kevinyy]

How do you change the padding, it seems they are locked to 8,2,1,2...
also, how do you "skin" the contextmenustip/contents? I've searched around on google for a bit, but they dont seem to have what im looking for =\

C#.Net 2.2

[cloud255]

Hi there,

you could try to override the paint event of your context menu and then access the padding property:

this.Padding = System.Windows.Forms.Padding

it would appear that this doesnt allow you to provide explicit values, but it does allow you to add or subtract 2 padding values. Thus you could define 2 padding values:

System.Windows.Forms.Padding p1 = new Padding(1,2,3,4);

and then use these values in the calculation and gain a specific result.

for the style you could try:

contextMenuStrip1.LayoutStyle = somestyle;

the deafult styles are found in ToolStripLayoutStyle, but i doubt that this is what you want. Short of creating a windows theme, i think you could play with the font, backcolor, width etc. to create your desired effect.

Good luck.

[Kevinyy]

The padding still will not change...it reverts back to (8,1,2,1)..

[cloud255]

Could you post the code so that we can have a look at it?

[Kevinyy]

Could you post the code so that we can have a look at it?

in the properties...it does not let you adjust it. i tried the lines your suggested and that doesnt work.

[Kevinyy]

bump.....im still having trouble with this :(

[joedeene]

i think the context menu strip auto configures itself right before the right-click(to activate it) and it sets itself to the size(padding), that it needs for the longest, text on the contextmenustrip? i dont think you can change it, ya i dont think so, maybe take a look at this on MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...l.padding.aspx

here ya go,
joedeene

[Kevinyy]

Ive tried many many things now, what i would like to do is Change the padding on a contextmenustrip. ive read the toolstriprenderer but that seems really confusing and idk if it can help me with what im doing...