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

[Guerrero]

please see the image:


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.

[NickThissen]

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

[ForumAccount]

Look at the ShowDropDown method.

[Guerrero]

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

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

[Guerrero]

Look at the ShowDropDown method.

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

but works.

[JuggaloBrotha]

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

[NickThissen]

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

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.