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Questions tagged [toolstripstatuslabel]

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How do I reclaim the space from the "Grip"

I've got a StatusStrip with a single ToolStripStatusLabel, Spring=true and a background color for notifications. The problem is that there's an ugly gray square on the right side of the status strip. After fiddling for a while, I realized this is…
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truncate ToolStripStatusLabel instead of hiding it

I have a StatusStrip control on a form. This control contains only one child control - it is ToolStripStatusLabel. When the text is too large, then nothing is displayed. I would prefer to display at least something instead of nothing. What should I…
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Updating toolStripStatusLabel immediately

I have a WinForms program that has a button, a statusStrip, and a toolStripStatusLabel in that statusStrip. If I click the button and this runs: private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { toolStripStatusLabel1.Text = "Test"; …
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Generic Types: There is no implicit reference conversion from ToolStripStatusLabel to Control

I'm wanting to update the UI from a SerialPort DataReceived event handler. I discovered a problem because the event handler was implicitly running in a different thread to the form, so rather than simply update the UI... myLabel.Text = "Some…
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ToolStripStatusLabel displayed as black box

I use StatusStrip that contains ToolStripStatusLabel. OS - Windows 7, framework 2.0. Usually all displayed normal, but sometimes ToolStripStatusLabel looks like black box: I read that windows bug, but how I can fix it?
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Setting the type of cursor on a ToolStripStatusLabel object

I have a StatusStrip object at the bottom of my form with a ToolStripStatusLabel object added to it. I want to change the type of mouse cursor that is displayed when one hovers over it. How can I achieve this?
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Howto fix Backgroundcolor bleeding in bordered ToolStripStatusLabel

I have a problem with a ToolStripStatusLabel which occurs when the BorderSides is set to All and I set a Background Color different to the owning StatusStrip Background Color: The ToolStripStatusLabels Backgroundcolor bleeds outside the border -…
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2nd ToolStripStatusLabel is not visible

I have a small app developed in VS 2010 with a StatusStrip at the bottom. I want to have two ToolStripStatusLabels in this StatusStrip, one always to the far left and one always to the far right. I added the two ToolStripStatusLabels and set the…
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Toolstrip status label equals (=) char

I'm experiencing a little strange behaviour with a standard ToolStripStatusLabel, developing with C#. If I put inside a normal text like "Hello World" evrything works fine: If a put an Equal character at the end, plus some other stuff different…
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C# Toolstrip's progressbar and Label not updated from cross thread operations

For some reason, ToolStrip's ProgressBar and Label are not updated from other thread. After a lot of reading, I came up with this, but still not working (button is OK however, but is not on status bar). public void GdmReaderMessageEvent(object…
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NumericUpDown is not changing ToolStripStatusLabel when MouseEnter

I used this code to implement on hover tooltip, it works with TextBox, ComboBox, MaskedTextBox but not on NumericUpDown. Does anybody know why it is not working? public static void addHovertip(ToolStripStatusLabel lb, Control c, string tip) …
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C# MDI: How to change parent status label to active child form name

I am working on a Windows Forms MDI application which can create new child forms within itself. The parent form has a StatusLabel in a Statusstrip. I am trying to figure out how to change the StatusLabel text value of the parent form to the name of…
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c# statusstrip toolstripstatuslabel updates after the process is over

I have a method in which the program cycles through a load of data and I want it to put in the toolstripstatuslabel1 the text loading, but for some reason it does this after it is done loading as opposed to while it is loading. My…
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Stop ToolStripStatusLabel from flickering due to amount of data from datatable

I've got a ToolStripStatusLabel with data loading in live, there is so much information coming through that it becomes unreadable. Is there any double buffer function for this? I have tried the following: public static void…
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Updating Toolstripstatuslabel in Thread of closing form

I have a Order form. Once a order is complete, I use a thread to email the order to the supplier. The Thread is use to prevent the system hanging while the order is exported to pdf and sent. The Problem: I would like to place an message on the…
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