how to: create a dropdown menu from a button

Question

_{Saturday, April 18, 2009 3:53 AM}

is it possible to have a drop down menu from a button, somewhat similar to windows right click on a file, except, click/double click a button.
if you do answer, can you provide a sample code, let's say, option1 (on the drop down menu) get's text to change to bold, option 2 to italic, and so on..

guess i lost my nut again...just a squirrel looking for my nut...

All replies (6)

_{Saturday, April 18, 2009 4:49 AM ✅Answered}

If you would rather it fall completely under the button rather than covering a bit of the button, then you can use this to alter the positioning:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    ContextMenuStrip1.Show(Button1, Button1.Location.X - 10, Button1.Location.Y + 10)
End Sub

Hope this helps!Hobbyist programmer: VB.NET, C++, Pascal

_{Thursday, June 25, 2009 6:37 PM ✅Answered}

Yes I noticed that when I tried to add it to an existing button, it ended up somewhere else. It's a bug. However it went away after I tried again with a new project. Just put 5 new buttons on the form and try again. Then add 5 ContextMenuStrips to the form and call the appropriate one from your button click event. Should work!

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Hobbyist programmer: VB.NET, C++, Pascal

just added this reply, since it needed the fixed location problem solved..

 Private Sub Button1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Button1.MouseDown
        If e.Button = Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Left Then
            ContextMenuStrip1.Show(Button1, e.Location)
        End If
    End Sub

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_{Saturday, April 18, 2009 4:32 AM}

Well you can add a ContextMenuStrip to your form, and then use on the button click event:

ContextMenuStrip1.Show(Button1, Button1.Location.X, Button1.Location.Y)

That will set it so it opens under the button when you click it. You can set the fonts and style of the items from the ContextMenuStrip's properties.Hobbyist programmer: VB.NET, C++, Pascal

_{Saturday, April 18, 2009 5:09 AM}

it's good,  just not what i expected..

i'm looking for something that has, let's say 5 buttons, and each button should have it's own personal drop down menu .  possible?

also, with the code above, the drop down menu ends up on the right side of the screen and nowhere close to my button. ;o/

thanx to you, i'm that much closer and now i know a little bit more about context menus.  never used them before.  :O) nice.just a squirrel looking for my nut...

_{Saturday, April 18, 2009 5:13 AM}

Yes I noticed that when I tried to add it to an existing button, it ended up somewhere else. It's a bug. However it went away after I tried again with a new project. Just put 5 new buttons on the form and try again. Then add 5 ContextMenuStrips to the form and call the appropriate one from your button click event. Should work!Hobbyist programmer: VB.NET, C++, Pascal

_{Saturday, April 18, 2009 5:15 AM}

never mind about the 5 buttons, and each button should have it's own personal drop down menu .

i figured it out. just add another context menu.. which i did, they just kept dissapearing until i found them in the properties section..
now i just need the location fix and to figure out how to add all the responses on this post as answered...

just a squirrel looking for my nut...