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DropDownButton.DropDownArrowStyle Property

Gets or sets whether and how a dropdown arrow is displayed within the DropDownButton.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

[DefaultValue(DropDownArrowStyle.Default)]
[DXCategory("Appearance")]
public DropDownArrowStyle DropDownArrowStyle { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Default Description
DropDownArrowStyle Default

A DropDownArrowStyle enumeration value.

Available values:

Name Description
Default

Identical to the DropDownArrowStyle.SplitButton option.

SplitButton

The dropdown arrow is displayed as a separate button.

DropdownButton-Arrow-SplitButton

A dropdown control is invoked on clicking the dropdown arrow button unless the DropDownButton.ActAsDropDown is set to false.

Hide

The dropdown arrow is hidden.

DropdownButton-Arrow-Hide

A dropdown control is invoked on clicking the button unless the DropDownButton.ActAsDropDown is set to false.

Show

The dropdown arrow is merged into the button.

DropdownButton-Arrow-Show

A dropdown control is invoked on clicking the button unless the DropDownButton.ActAsDropDown is set to false.

Remarks

The DropDownArrowStyle property specifies the appearance of a dropdown arrow. See the DropDownArrowStyle link, to learn about available display modes.

A DropDownButton can be associated with a dropdown control via the DropDownButton.DropDownControl property. This control is invoked in a popup window when the button or dropdown arrow button is clicked, according to the DropDownArrowStyle property. To prevent a dropdown control from being invoked, disable the DropDownButton.ActAsDropDown option.

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