How to open form at toolstrip button position

Question

I have toolstrip menu with some buttons, menu is located in toolstrip container. What I am trying to accomplish is to open new form exactly at specific toolstripbutton location... This is my code. It works unless I move toolstrip menu to bottom or right side of toolstrip container...

private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton rbRunMacro;
private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip tsMacroRecorder;

        private void rbRunMacro_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Rectangle rect = this.rbRunMacro.Bounds;
        Point location = PointToScreen ( new Point(this.tsMacroRecorder.Location.X + rect.X, this.tsMacroRecorder.Location.Y + rect.Y));
        MacroListForm form = new MacroListForm();
        form.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.Manual;
        form.Location = location ;
        form.Show();
    }

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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You should get the location of rbRunMacro relative to the entire screen (see link).

form.Location = this.tsMacroRecorder.PointToScreen(rbRunMacro.Bounds.Location);

The reason we use ToolStrip.PointToScreen is that ToolStripButton does not offer the PointToScreen method. Therefore, we have to use ToolStripButton.Location to get the location of rbRunMacro relative to its parent control (see link).

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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answered Dec 22 '13 at 11:36

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Thank you that works - except you have to reference toolstrip, because toolstripbutton does not accept PointToScreen method. – Adlorem Dec 22 '13 at 11:44

How to open form at toolstrip button position

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