Hello

I am trying to find out a method to keepa certain distance between ToolStrip controlsin the ToolStripPanel control.

I don't know how to do it.

Hi,

I think it is feasible to add some spaces between two ToolStripControls. You can add a ToolStripLabel and set it's ToolStripText property to an empty string. Edit the Size property of the control to customize the width of the white space.

Regards,

Jacob

What about to override the LayoutEngine property of ToolStripPanel which contains the ToolStrip controls?

I overrided the LayoutEngine property of ToolStripPanel as below:

But the MyToolStripPanel control's layoutdoesn't work as ToolStripPanel. TheToolStrip controlsin MyToolStripPanel disappear.

public class MyToolStripPanel : ToolStripPanel
{
private ToolStripPanelLayout layoutEngine;

public ToolStripPanelLayout()
{
}

public override LayoutEngine LayoutEngine
{
get
{
if (layoutEngine == null)
{
layoutEngine = new ToolStripPanelLayout();
}

return layoutEngine;
}
}
}

// This class demonstrates a simple custom layout engine.
public class ToolStripPanelLayout : LayoutEngine
{
public override bool Layout(
object container,
LayoutEventArgs layoutEventArgs)
{
Control parent = container as Control;

// Use DisplayRectangle so that parent.Padding is honored.
Rectangle parentDisplayRectangle = parent.DisplayRectangle;
Point nextControlLocation = parentDisplayRectangle.Location;

foreach (Control c in parent.Controls)
{
// Only apply layout to visible controls.
if (!c.Visible)
{
continue;
}

// Respect the margin of the control:
// shift over the left and the top.
nextControlLocation.Offset(c.Margin.Left, c.Margin.Top);

// Set the location of the control.
c.Location = nextControlLocation;

// Move X back to the display rectangle origin.
nextControlLocation.X = parentDisplayRectangle.X;

// Increment Y by the height of the control
// and the bottom margin.
nextControlLocation.Y += c.Height + c.Margin.Bottom;
}

// Optional: Return whether or not the container's
// parent should perform layout as a result of this
// layout. Some layout engines return the value of
// the container's AutoSize property.

return false;
}
}

If I do not override the LayoutEngine property of ToolStripPanel , What can I do to prevent the ToolStrip control from changing it's position when other ToolStrip control hided ?

I would be appreciativeof your help.