How Do I Make A Menustrip Item Look Diferent If You Click On The Item

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hay guys, i have a menustrip on my c# form and added pictures to each button on it, it changes my page depending what button u press. i want the pressed button to change visually like so you know what page you are on. can anyone help. tnx

Posted 29-May-14 3:22am

andy Visnenza

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JITHU.P 29-May-14 11:41am

for that maybe we should use the javascript

andy Visnenza 29-May-14 11:47am

would be great but its a windows form

gggustafson 29-May-14 16:02pm

You need to write a UserControl that inherits from MenuStrip. In that user control, perform the painting yourself.

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Manikandan10 · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-30T01:01:00

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You can use ToolStripRenderer to make a MenuStrip look different. See these helpful articles.
Custom VisualStudio 2008-style MenuStrip and ToolStrip Renderer in C#[^]
Custom Rendering for the ToolStrip, MenuStrip, and StatusStrip controls[^]

Posted 30-May-14 1:01am

Manikandan10