Using StatusStrip in C#

Question

Consider System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip. I have added a StatusStrip to my Windows Forms application, but I am having a few problems.

I would like to have a label anchored at the left and a progressbar anchored on the right in the StatusStrip, but I can't find a way to set these properties.

I then thought that I may need to create two StatusStrips and anchor them on either side of the bottom of the form... That didn't pan out; besides that, it just doesn't feel right.

Sean Bright · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-21T13:43:24.507

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Just set the Spring property on the label control to True and you should be good to go.

edited Mar 21 '12 at 13:43

answered Jan 14 '09 at 18:19

Sean Bright

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If you do that you'd also want to change the label's default alignment from MiddleCenter to LeftCenter. – Steven Behnke Jan 14 '09 at 18:23

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 14 '09 at 18:21

What you have to do is set the alignment property of your progressbar to right. Then set the LayoutStyle of the StatusStrip to HorizontalStackWithOverflow.

    private void InitializeComponent()
    {
        this.statusStrip1 = new System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip();
        this.toolStripStatusLabel1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripStatusLabel();
        this.toolStripProgressBar1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripProgressBar();
        this.statusStrip1.SuspendLayout();
        this.SuspendLayout();
        // 
        // statusStrip1
        // 
        this.statusStrip1.Items.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {
    this.toolStripStatusLabel1,
    this.toolStripProgressBar1});
        this.statusStrip1.LayoutStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripLayoutStyle.HorizontalStackWithOverflow;
        this.statusStrip1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 250);
        this.statusStrip1.Name = "statusStrip1";
        this.statusStrip1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(467, 22);
        this.statusStrip1.TabIndex = 0;
        this.statusStrip1.Text = "statusStrip1";
        // 
        // toolStripStatusLabel1
        // 
        this.toolStripStatusLabel1.Name = "toolStripStatusLabel1";
        this.toolStripStatusLabel1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(117, 17);
        this.toolStripStatusLabel1.Text = "toolStripStatusLabel1";
        // 
        // toolStripProgressBar1
        // 
        this.toolStripProgressBar1.Alignment = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemAlignment.Right;
        this.toolStripProgressBar1.Name = "toolStripProgressBar1";
        this.toolStripProgressBar1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(100, 16);

    }

    private System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip statusStrip1;
    private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripStatusLabel toolStripStatusLabel1;
    private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripProgressBar toolStripProgressBar1;

Please, God - there's got to be a way to set that up visually. :) — John Dunagan, Jan 14 '09 at 18:23
There is. I was showing the designer code. Just find the properties in the property panel... — Steven Behnke, Jan 14 '09 at 18:42
Actually the `Alignment` property is not available in the property grid of the `ToolStripStatusLabel` class (for some reason it has the `Browsable(false)` attribute, at least in .NET 4). — Ohad Schneider, Jul 13 '11 at 11:45

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 14 '09 at 18:23

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This can be achieved with the default table layout for the statusStrip by simply putting another label between your current label and your progressBar and set the Spring property to true.

answered Jan 14 '09 at 18:23

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Thanks - this is the correct answer if you want more than one right-aligned label. No idea why this would have got marked down. – Joe Albahari May 23 '11 at 10:32

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 06 '12 at 23:46

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Open your Designer and set this.toolStripStatusLabel1.Alignment = System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItemAlignment.Right;

edited Dec 06 '12 at 23:46

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answered Nov 19 '10 at 04:19

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 14 '09 at 18:19

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Did you tried the Alignment property of ProgresBarToolStripItem set to the Right?

answered Jan 14 '09 at 18:19

TcKs

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