Tool, menu strip - how do I change their locations in c# winforms?

Question

I noticed that tool and menu strips are very restrictive.

Is there any way to change the location of a toolstrip or menustrip? I want to have a drop down menu in a custom location on my winforms application (I'm using c#).

If not, is there any other dropdown menu type component I can try?

Answer 1

Yes, you can easily do that.

• Drag and drop MenuStrip
• Select it and Goto->Properties
• Set Dock-> None
• Then move anywhere as you want.

Answer 2

You can place a ToolStrip at any location if you set the Dock property to DockStyle.None .

Alternatively, you can use a ContextMenuStrip and show it manually with one of the ContextMenuStrip.Show methods.