DropDownButton Properties

The button that can be associated with a popup control or a context menu. It is possible to prevent the button from receiving focus on a click.

Name	Description
AccessibilityObject	Gets the AccessibleObject assigned to the control. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleDefaultActionDescription	Gets or sets the default action description of the control for use by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleDescription	Gets or sets the description of the control used by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleName	Gets or sets the name of the control used by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleRole	Gets or sets the accessible role of the control. Inherited from Control.
ActAsDropDown	Gets or sets whether a click on the button opens the dropdown control. This option is in effect when the DropDownButton.DropDownArrowStyle property is set to DropDownArrowStyle.Hide.
AllowDrop	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can accept data that the user drags onto it. Inherited from Control.
AllowFocus	Gets or sets whether the button can be focused. Inherited from SimpleButton.
AllowGlyphSkinning	Gets or sets whether the current SimpleButton icon should be painted with the button’s fore color. Inherited from SimpleButton.
AllowHtmlDraw	Gets or sets whether the current SimpleButton‘s caption can be formatted using HTML-tags. Inherited from SimpleButton.
AllowHtmlTextInToolTip	Gets or sets whether HTML formatting is allowed in the control’s regular tooltips. Inherited from BaseControl.
Anchor	Gets or sets the edges of the container to which a control is bound and determines how a control is resized with its parent. Inherited from Control.
Appearance	Gets the appearance settings used to paint the control’s contents. Inherited from BaseStyleControl.
AppearanceDisabled	Provides access to the appearance settings applied when the current button is disabled. Inherited from BaseButton.
AppearanceDropDown	Provides access to the appearance settings used to paint the drop-down button.
AppearanceDropDownDisabled	Provides access to the appearance settings applied to the drop-down button when the current control is disabled.
AppearanceDropDownHovered	Provides access to the appearance settings applied to the drop-down button when it is hovered over with the mouse pointer.
AppearanceDropDownPressed	Provides access to the appearance settings applied to the drop-down button when it is clicked.
AppearanceHovered	Provides access to the appearance settings applied when the mouse pointer passes over the current button. Inherited from BaseButton.
AppearancePressed	Provides access to the appearance settings applied when the current button is clicked. Inherited from BaseButton.
AutoScrollOffset	Gets or sets where this control is scrolled to in ScrollControlIntoView(Control). Inherited from Control.
AutoSize	Gets or sets whether the control’s size is automatically calculated based on its contents. Inherited from SimpleButton.
AutoSizeInLayoutControl	This member is not supported for the SimpleButton control. Use the SimpleButton.AutoWidthInLayoutControl property instead. Inherited from SimpleButton.
AutoWidthInLayoutControl	Gets or sets whether the control’s width is changed to display the control’s content in its entirety. This property is in effect when the control resides within a LayoutControl. Inherited from SimpleButton.
BackColor	Gets or sets the button’s background color. Inherited from BaseButton.
BackgroundImage	Gets or sets the background image displayed in the control. Inherited from Control.
BackgroundImageLayout	Gets or sets the background image layout as defined in the ImageLayout enumeration. Inherited from Control.
BindingContext	Gets or sets the BindingContext for the control. Inherited from Control.
BorderStyle	This member is not supported. Inherited from BaseButton.
Bottom	Gets the distance, in pixels, between the bottom edge of the control and the top edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
Bounds	Gets or sets the size and location of the control including its nonclient elements, in pixels, relative to the parent control. Inherited from Control.
ButtonStyle	Gets or sets the style of the button control. Inherited from BaseButton.
CanEnableIme protected	Gets a value indicating whether the ImeMode property can be set to an active value, to enable IME support. Inherited from Control.
CanFocus	Gets a value indicating whether the control can receive focus. Inherited from Control.
CanRaiseEvents protected	Determines if events can be raised on the control. Inherited from Control.
CanSelect	Gets a value indicating whether the control can be selected. Inherited from Control.
Capture	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control has captured the mouse. Inherited from Control.
CausesValidation	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control causes validation to be performed on any controls that require validation when it receives focus. Inherited from Control.
CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls static	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to catch calls on the wrong thread that access a control’s Handle property when an application is being debugged. Inherited from Control.
ClientRectangle	Gets the rectangle that represents the client area of the control. Inherited from Control.
ClientSize	Gets or sets the height and width of the client area of the control. Inherited from Control.
Command	Gets or sets the ICommand whose Execute(Object) method will be called when the Click event is invoked. Inherited from BaseButton.
CommandParameter	Gets or sets the parameter that is passed to the command specified by the Command property. Inherited from BaseButton.
CompanyName	Gets the name of the company or creator of the application containing the control. Inherited from Control.
Container	Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Inherited from Component.
ContainsFocus	Gets a value indicating whether the control, or one of its child controls, currently has the input focus. Inherited from Control.
ContextMenu	This member is not supported by the DropDownButton class.
ContextMenuStrip	Gets or sets the ContextMenuStrip associated with this control. Inherited from Control.
Controls	Gets the collection of controls contained within the control. Inherited from Control.
Created	Gets a value indicating whether the control has been created. Inherited from Control.
Cursor	Gets or sets the cursor that is displayed when the mouse pointer is over the ControlBase control. Inherited from ControlBase.
DataBindings	Gets the data bindings for the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultBackColor static	Gets the default background color of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultCursor protected	Gets or sets the default cursor for the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultFont static	Gets the default font of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultForeColor static	Gets the default foreground color of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultImeMode protected	Gets the default Input Method Editor (IME) mode supported by the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultMargin protected	Gets the space, in pixels, that is specified by default between controls. Inherited from Control.
DefaultMaximumSize protected	Gets the length and height, in pixels, that is specified as the default maximum size of a control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultMinimumSize protected	Gets the length and height, in pixels, that is specified as the default minimum size of a control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultPadding protected	Gets the internal spacing, in pixels, of the contents of a control. Inherited from Control.
DesignMode protected	Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. Inherited from Component.
DialogResult	Gets or sets a value that is returned to the parent form when the button is clicked. Inherited from BaseButton.
DisplayRectangle	Gets the rectangle that represents the display area of the control. Inherited from Control.
Disposing	Gets a value indicating whether the base Control class is in the process of disposing. Inherited from Control.
Dock	Gets or sets which control borders are docked to its parent control and determines how a control is resized with its parent. Inherited from Control.
DoubleBuffered protected	Gets or sets a value indicating whether this control should redraw its surface using a secondary buffer to reduce or prevent flicker. Inherited from Control.
DropDownArrowStyle	Gets or sets whether and how a dropdown arrow is displayed within the DropDownButton.
DropDownButtonPadding	Gets or sets the interior spacing of the separate button displaying the drop-down arrow. This property is in effect if DropDownButton.DropDownArrowStyle is set to SplitButton.
DropDownControl	Gets or sets the popup control for the button.
Enabled	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can respond to user interaction. Inherited from Control.
Events protected	Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. Inherited from Component.
Focused	Gets a value indicating whether the control has input focus. Inherited from Control.
Font	Gets or sets the font used to display the control’s content. Inherited from BaseStyleControl.
FontHeight protected	Gets or sets the height of the font of the control. Inherited from Control.
ForeColor	Gets or sets the control’s foreground color. Inherited from BaseStyleControl.
GlyphAlignment	Obsolete. Gets or sets the alignment of the image displayed within the button. Inherited from SimpleButton.
Handle	Gets the window handle that the control is bound to. Inherited from Control.
HasChildren	Gets a value indicating whether the control contains one or more child controls. Inherited from Control.
Height	Gets or sets the height of the control. Inherited from Control.
Image	Gets or sets the button’s image. Inherited from SimpleButton.
ImageAlignment	Obsolete. Gets or sets the alignment of the image displayed within the button. Inherited from SimpleButton.
ImageIndex	Gets or sets the index of the image displayed on the button. Inherited from SimpleButton.
ImageList	Gets or sets the source of images to be displayed within the button. Inherited from SimpleButton.
ImageLocation	Specifies the image alignment relative to the button. Inherited from SimpleButton.
ImageOptions	Provides access to all properties that allow you to assign and customize an icon for this SimpleButton. Inherited from SimpleButton.
ImageToTextAlignment	Gets or sets how the button’s image is aligned relative to the button’s text. Inherited from SimpleButton.
ImageToTextIndent	Gets or sets the ditance between the button’s image and text. This property is in effect if the button’s image is aligned relative to the text. Inherited from SimpleButton.
ImageUri	Gets or sets the uniform resource identifier of the image in the DX Image Gallery displayed in the current button. A specific version of the addressed image is automatically chosen based on the app context (the current skin and required image size). Inherited from SimpleButton.
ImeMode	Gets or sets the Input Method Editor (IME) mode of the control. Inherited from Control.
ImeModeBase protected	Gets or sets the IME mode of a control. Inherited from Control.
InvokeRequired	Gets a value indicating whether the caller must call an invoke method when making method calls to the control because the caller is on a different thread than the one the control was created on. Inherited from Control.
IsAccessible	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control is visible to accessibility applications. Inherited from Control.
IsDesignMode	Gets a value indicating whether the control is currently in design mode. Inherited from BaseControl.
IsDisposed	Gets a value indicating whether the control has been disposed of. Inherited from Control.
IsHandleCreated	Gets a value indicating whether the control has a handle associated with it. Inherited from Control.
IsLoading	Gets whether the control is being initialized. Inherited from BaseControl.
IsMirrored	Gets a value indicating whether the control is mirrored. Inherited from Control.
IsOpened	Gets whether the associated popup control is currently open.
IsRightToLeft	Gets whether the ControlBase‘s visual elements are actually aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts. Inherited from ControlBase.
LayoutEngine	Gets a cached instance of the control’s layout engine. Inherited from Control.
Left	Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the left edge of the control and the left edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
Location	Gets or sets the coordinates of the upper-left corner of the control relative to the upper-left corner of its container. Inherited from Control.
LookAndFeel	Provides access to the object containing the control’s look and feel settings. Inherited from BaseControl.
Margin	Gets or sets the space between controls. Inherited from Control.
MaximumSize	Gets or sets the size that is the upper limit that GetPreferredSize(Size) can specify. Inherited from Control.
MenuManager	Gets or sets an object that manages the display of the associated popup control .
MinimumSize	Gets or sets the size that is the lower limit that GetPreferredSize(Size) can specify. Inherited from Control.
ModifierKeys static	Gets a value indicating which of the modifier keys (SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT) is in a pressed state. Inherited from Control.
MouseButtons static	Gets a value indicating which of the mouse buttons is in a pressed state. Inherited from Control.
MousePosition static	Gets the position of the mouse cursor in screen coordinates. Inherited from Control.
Name	Gets or sets the name of the control. Inherited from Control.
Padding	Gets or sets padding within the control. Inherited from Control.
PaintStyle	Gets or sets the button’s paint style. Inherited from BaseButton.
Parent	Gets or sets the parent container of the control. Inherited from Control.
PreferredSize	Gets the size of a rectangular area into which the control can fit. Inherited from Control.
ProductName	Gets the product name of the assembly containing the control. Inherited from Control.
ProductVersion	Gets the version of the assembly containing the control. Inherited from Control.
PropagatingImeMode protected static	Gets an object that represents a propagating IME mode. Inherited from Control.
RecreatingHandle	Gets a value indicating whether the control is currently re-creating its handle. Inherited from Control.
Region	Gets or sets the window region associated with the control. Inherited from Control.
RenderRightToLeft protected	This property is now obsolete. Inherited from Control.
ResizeRedraw protected	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control redraws itself when resized. Inherited from Control.
Right	Gets the distance, in pixels, between the right edge of the control and the left edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
RightToLeft	Gets or sets a value indicating whether control’s elements are aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts. Inherited from Control.
ScaleChildren protected	Gets a value that determines the scaling of child controls. Inherited from Control.
ScaleFactor	Returns scale multipliers that are currently applied to a control’s original width and height. Inherited from BaseControl.
ShowArrowButton	Obsolete. Gets or sets whether the drop-down arrow is displayed as a part of the DropDownButton control.
ShowFocusCues protected	Gets a value indicating whether the control should display focus rectangles. Inherited from Control.
ShowFocusRectangle	Gets or sets whether the dotted focus rectangle is displayed within the SimpleButton when it has focus. Inherited from SimpleButton.
ShowKeyboardCues protected	Gets a value indicating whether the user interface is in the appropriate state to show or hide keyboard accelerators. Inherited from Control.
ShowToolTips	Gets or sets whether a tooltip should be displayed when the mouse pointer is over the control. Inherited from BaseControl.
Site	Gets or sets the site of the control. Inherited from Control.
Size	Gets or sets the height and width of the control. Inherited from Control.
StyleController	Gets or sets the style controller component that provides style settings for this control. Inherited from BaseControl.
SuperTip	Gets or sets a SuperToolTip for the current control. Inherited from BaseControl.
TabIndex	Gets or sets the tab order of the control within its container. Inherited from Control.
TabStop	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the user can give the focus to this control using the TAB key. Inherited from Control.
Tag	Gets or sets the object that contains data about the control. Inherited from Control.
Text	Gets or sets the text string displayed within the button control. Inherited from SimpleButton.
ToolTip	Gets or sets a regular tooltip’s text content. Inherited from BaseControl.
ToolTipAnchor	Gets or sets whether the tooltip is anchored relative to the mouse pointer or the button. Inherited from BaseButton.
ToolTipController	Gets or sets the tooltip controller component that controls the appearance, position and content of hints displayed for this control. Inherited from BaseControl.
ToolTipIconType	Gets or sets the type of the tooltip icon. Inherited from BaseControl.
ToolTipTitle	Gets or sets a regular tooltip’s title. Inherited from BaseControl.
Top	Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the top edge of the control and the top edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
TopLevelControl	Gets the parent control that is not parented by another Windows Forms control. Typically, this is the outermost Form that the control is contained in. Inherited from Control.
UseWaitCursor	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to use the wait cursor for the current control and all child controls. Inherited from Control.
Visible	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control and all its child controls are displayed. Inherited from Control.
Width	Gets or sets the width of the control. Inherited from Control.
WindowTarget	This property is not relevant for this class. Inherited from Control.