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customize menustrip

Hi,

i want to change the colors of a menustrip(VS2008).
i changed the backgroundcolor and the textcolor with the designer.
the background is black and the text is grey.
it looks nice but if i hover over the menu, the submenu pops up and the style looks like the standard style.
How can i change the colors of the menuitems too ?

bye jo

jogisarge Friday, December 12, 2008 4:13 PM

I can't find my own posts back. Google ToolStripRenderer.

Hans Passant.

Marked As Answer byKira QianMSFT, ModeratorFriday, December 19, 2008 4:02 AM
Proposed As Answer bySteven.Yu Thursday, December 18, 2008 2:52 AM

nobugz Saturday, December 13, 2008 1:37 AM

Hi jogisarge,

nobugz is right.You can write your own renderer, and then setit asthe renderer of the menustrip.
To set the custom renderer for one ToolStrip, set the System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.Renderer property to the custom renderer:
toolStrip1.Renderer = new RedTextRenderer();
Or to set the custom renderer for all ToolStrip classes contained in your application: Set the System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripManager.Renderer property to the custom renderer and set the RenderMode property to ManagerRenderMode.
toolStrip1.RenderMode = ToolStripRenderMode.ManagerRenderMode;
ToolStripManager.Renderer = new RedTextRenderer();

Best regards,
Steven Yu