[RESOLVED] open button menu in toolbar when click in ALL the button, not only in the small arrow

please see the image:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/...af4f47e8b7.jpg

the menu in the button is opened with click in the small down arrow, but NOT if click in the button image.
please is there possible?

I've tested the tbar_ItemClicked event, but dont found any help.

Isn't that a ToolStripSplitButton? I think you should use a ToolStripDropdownButton instead if you want that behavior.

Look at the ShowDropDown method.

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Originally Posted by NickThissen

Isn't that a ToolStripSplitButton? I think you should use a ToolStripDropdownButton instead if you want that behavior.

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I don't understand why there are two as similar controls?
I've used Split and not the other for none reason. :blush:

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Originally Posted by ForumAccount

Look at the ShowDropDown method.

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Thanks, it's OK.
but this event is not accesible using e. or sender, thus you need to type the control name.

but works. :thumb:

Or you can cast sender to the actual control type then call the method, but using a split button like that isn't what you want anyways, I would use the ToolStripDropdownButton instead

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Originally Posted by Guerrero

I don't understand why there are two as similar controls?
I've used Split and not the other for none reason. :blush:

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Why wouldn't there be? They're similar but not exactly the same. A ToolStripSplitButton is intended as a button that, optionally, also has a number of 'child' buttons. A ToolStripDropDownButton only has child options and the 'parent' button is not intended to be used as a real button.

I could just as well ask you why there are similar controls such as a CheckBox and a RadioButton. They look similar but behave completely different. Similarly: a Button or a CheckBox with its Appearance set to Button. They look exactly the same but again behave completely different.