Question

Is there a way to prevent a tool strip drop down button from being selected (without disabling it)?

I see it has a property called CanSelect, but it’s read-only.

As for my second question related to this control:

Is there a way to hide the drop down symbol (black rectangle pointing down) of a tool strip drop down button?

I want to prevent it from being selected and to hide the drop down symbol to make the button act like a status strip icon next to the status label. If you can give suggestions on this, it would be much appreciated.

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I didn’t realise that the tool strip status label allows for images… That way I do not need to fake it with the control. Thank you all.

Answer 1

Question: Is there a way to hide the drop down symbol (black rectangle pointing down) of a tool strip drop down button?

paste the code in form constructor.

toolStripDropDownButton1.ShowDropDownArrow = false;