How to align controls in StatusStrip?

Question

I am trying to align a control in a StatusStrip . How can i do this?

I do not see the property to set on ToolStripItem elements that determine their physical alignment on the parent StatusStrip .

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Answer 1

Found it through the MSDN forums almost immediately after posting :)

You can use ToolStripLabel for pseudo-right alignment by setting the Text property to string.Empty and setting the Spring property to true . This will make it fill all available space and click on all controls to the right of ToolStripLabel .

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Answer 2

As an added note, this is due to the fact that in the Win32 API the cell has either a fixed width or fills the remaining space -1

 int statwidths[] = {100, -1}; SendMessage(hStatus, SB_SETPARTS, sizeof(statwidths)/sizeof(int), (LPARAM)statwidths); SendMessage(hStatus, SB_SETTEXT, 0, (LPARAM)"Hi there :)"); 

If the memory is working correctly, you can only have one fill cell (-1) for each status bar.

You can also add a third middle cell and give this fill property to get a more consistent look of the StatusBar. Agreed, because the posts have an insert from left to right where you expect this. A bit like the mspaint snapshot found on the MSDN page for StatusBars

I like the creative approach: D

Answer 3

You can display the Button at the end of the StatusStrip using the following logic.

• Add ToolstripLabel to StatusStrip
• Set text as string.Empty
• Install Padding for ToolstripLabel

For example:

 this.toolStripStatusLabel1.Padding = new Padding((int)(this.Size.Width - 75), 0, 0, 0); 

Answer 4

Save the Toolstrip label, set the Spring property to true, and to align label labels in BottomLeft

Answer 5

Since the answer has been accepted, there is now a much simpler way. Just set the property of the RightToLeft tool to True.

Answer 6

I find a general way to set the control location in StatusStrip . You can display the button at any position in the StatusStrip using the following steps.

• Add ToolstripLabel to StatusStrip

• Set the text as a suitable space, e.g.

  toolStripStatusLabel1.Text = "";

• If the layout is not what you want, go to step 2 to change the amount of space in toolStripStatusLabel1.Text , otherwise the job was done.